Accurate measurement of gene copy number for human alpha-defensin DEFA1A3

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Khan, Fayeza F ^a   Carpenter, Danielle ^a   Mitchell, Laura ^a   Mansouri, Omniah ^a   Black, Holly A ^a   Tyson, Jess ^a   Armour, John A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CNV; DEFA1A3; Defensin; GWAS; PRT

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE; DEFA1A3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFA1 GENE; DEFA1A3 GENE; DEFA3 GENE; DIPLOIDY; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ALLELE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ALLELES; ALPHA-DEFENSINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; DIPLOIDY; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84885495983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-719     Document Type: Article

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