Characterization and investigation of single nucleotide polymorphisms and a novel TLR2 mutation in the human TLR2 gene

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1225-1232

  Merx, Sabine ^a   Neumaier, Michael ^a   Wagner, Hermann ^b   Kirschning, Carsten J ^b   Ahmad Nejad, Parviz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CAUCASIAN; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHILD; CODON, NONSENSE; CYTOKINES; DNA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34447318082     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm070     Document Type: Article

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