Human IRGM gene "to be or not to be"

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-444

  Bekpen, Cemaletin ^a,b,e   Xavier, Ramnik J ^c,d   Eichler, Evan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^e BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autophagy crohn's disease; Death and resurrection of a gene; Evolution of irgm; Genome wide association studies; Human irgm gene; Innate immunity; Irg gene family

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IRGM PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL; AUTOPHAGY; CROHN DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CROHN DISEASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79953131751     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-010-0224-x     Document Type: Review

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