Genetic Variation in TLR Genes in Ugandan and South African Populations and Comparison with HapMap Data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Baker, Allison R ^a,h   Qiu, Feiyou ^a   Randhawa, April Kaur ^c   Horne, David J ^c   Adams, Mark D ^a,i   Shey, Muki ^f   Barnholtz Sloan, Jill ^a,b   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^b,d,e   Kaplan, Gilla ^g   Hanekom, Willem A ^e   Boom, W Henry ^a,b,d   Hawn, Thomas R ^c   Stein, Catherine M ^a,b,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d School of Medicine and Mulago Hospital ^*

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Clinical Service Group Hospital Corporation of America   (United States)

ⁱ J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6;

ARTICLE; BLACK AFRICAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HAPMAP PROJECT; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOUTH AFRICA; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84868149044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047597     Document Type: Article

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