Coding and non-coding polymorphisms in VDR gene and susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis in tribes, castes and Muslims of Central India

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1456-1461

  Sharma, Prithvi R ^a,b   Singh, Shweta ^a,b   Jena, Mamta ^b,c   Mishra, Gunja ^a   Prakash, Ravi ^a   Das, P K ^c   Bamezai, R N K ^a   Tiwari, P K ^b  

^a JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Haplotypes; Sahariya; TLR2; Tuberculosis; VDR

Indexed keywords

APAI PROTEIN; BSMI PROTEIN; FOKI PROTEIN; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; TAQI PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; VITAMIN RECEPTOR;

APAI GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BSMI GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FOKI GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MARKER GENE; MOSLEM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TAQI GENE;

GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; ISLAM; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; SOCIAL CLASS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79960437218     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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