Non-Synonymous Polymorphisms in the FCN1 Gene Determine Ligand-Binding Ability and Serum Levels of M-Ficolin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Ammitzbøll, Christian Gytz ^a   Kjær, Troels Rønn ^b   Steffensen, Rudi ^c   Stengaard Pedersen, Kristian ^a   Nielsen, Hans Jørgen ^d   Thiel, Steffen ^b   Bøgsted, Martin ^c,e   Jensenius, Jens Christian ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; FICOLIN; M FICOLIN; PROLINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FCN1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LECTINS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEX FACTORS;

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 84870324877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050585     Document Type: Article

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