The origin and evolution of variable number tandem repeat of CLEC4M gene in the global human population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Li, Hui ^a,b   Wang, Jia Xin ^c   Wu, Dong Dong ^b,d   Wang, Hua Wei ^c   Tang, Nelson Leung Sang ^d,e,f   Zhang, Ya Ping ^b,c,d  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases   (China)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME; CLEC 4M GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; ETHNICITY; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DISPERSION; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ABORIGINE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CLEC4M PROTEIN, HUMAN; LECTIN;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84862932347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030268     Document Type: Article

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