A Genome-Wide Integrative Genomic Study Localizes Genetic Factors Influencing Antibodies against Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigen 1 (EBNA-1)

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rubicz, Rohina ^a   Yolken, Robert ^b   Drigalenko, Eugene ^a   Carless, Melanie A ^a   Dyer, Thomas D ^a   Bauman, Lara ^a   Melton, Phillip E ^a,c   Kent, Jack W ^a   Harley, John B ^d   Curran, Joanne E ^a   Johnson, Matthew P ^a   Cole, Shelley A ^a   Almasy, Laura ^a   Moses, Eric K ^a,c   Dhurandhar, Nikhil V ^e   Kraig, Ellen ^f   Blangero, John ^a   Leach, Charles T ^g   Göring, Harald H H ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN 1; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HISPANIC; HLA SYSTEM; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 84873485653     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003147     Document Type: Article

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