Are defensin beta 1 gene polymorphisms associated with HIV infection and virus replication?

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 647-649

  Segat, Ludovica ^a,b   Brandão, Lucas A C ^b   Guimarães, Rafael L ^b   Crovella, Sergio ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BETA-DEFENSINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 63449141184     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283277247     Document Type: Article

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