Controversial role of smallpox on historical positive selection at the CCR5 chemokine gene (CCR5-Δ32)

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 324-326

  Saxena, Shailendra K ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; SMALLPOX; VIRUS ENTRY;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CCR5; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; SMALLPOX; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 67649515047     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.133     Document Type: Article

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