Analysis of polymorphic sites in the promoter of the nitric oxide synthase 2 gene in Brazilian patients with leprosy

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 231-235

  Messias Reason, I J T ^a   van Tong, H ^b   Velavan, T P ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAZIL; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; BRAZIL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84900451834     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iji.12108     Document Type: Article

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