Molecular analysis of complement component C4 gene copy number

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 882, Issue , 2012, Pages 159-171

  Castley, Alison S L ^a   Martinez, O Patricia ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

C4A; C4B; Gene copy number; Human complement genes; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; LECTIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 6; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NULL ALLELE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY;

COMPLEMENT C4; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84867387586     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-842-9_9     Document Type: Article

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