A worldwide analysis of beta-defensin copy number variation suggests recent selection of a high-expressing DEFB103 gene copy in East Asia

Human Mutation

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 743-750

  Hardwick, Robert J ^a   Machado, Lee R ^a   Zuccherato, Luciana W ^b   Antolinos, Suzanne ^a   Xue, Yali ^c   Shawa, Nyambura ^d,e   Gilman, Robert H ^f,g   Cabrera, Lilia ^g   Berg, Douglas E ^h   Tyler Smith, Chris ^c   Kelly, Paul ^d,e   Tarazona Santos, Eduardo ^b   Hollox, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; CNV; Defensin; Influenza; Paralogue ratio test

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 103; BETA DEFENSIN 3; BETA DEFENSIN 4; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHIMPANZEE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; JAPANESE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FAR EAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PAN;

EID: 79959237605     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: 10981004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.21491     Document Type: Article

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