Study of disease-relevant polymorphisms in the TLR4 and TLR9 genes: A novel method applied to the analysis of the Portuguese population

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-320

  Carvalho, A ^a   Marques, A ^b   Maciel, P ^a   Rodrigues, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bi PASA; Polymorphism; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALLELES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

EID: 34248176306     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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