Genetic diversity of human RNase 8

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chan, Calvin C ^a   Moser, Jennifer M ^a,b   Dyer, Kimberly D ^a   Percopo, Caroline M ^a   Rosenberg, Helene F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Polymorphism; Ribonuclease

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; RNASE 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

PRIMATES;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84856067991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-40     Document Type: Article

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