Inter-population variability of DEFA3 gene absence: Correlation with haplotype structure and population variability

BMC Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ballana, Ester ^a   González, Juan Ramon ^a,b   Bosch, Nina ^a   Estivill, Xavier ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b CeGen Barcelona   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; ALPHA DEFENSIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 8P; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33846817106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-14     Document Type: Article

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