The impact of FCN2 polymorphisms and haplotypes on the Ficolin-2 serum levels

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-392

  Munthe Fog, L ^a   Hummelshoj T ^a   Hansen, B E ^a   Koch, C ^b   Madsen, H O ^a   Skjodt K ^b   Garred, P ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FICOLIN; FICOLIN 2; OLIGOMER; RECOMBINANT FICOLIN 2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DENMARK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FCN2 GENE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LECTINS; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 33947593528     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2007.01915.x     Document Type: Article

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