Novel interferon regulatory factor-1 polymorphisms in a Kenyan population revealed by complete gene sequencing

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 528-535

  Ji, Hezhao ^a   Ball, Terry Blake ^a   Kimani, Joshua ^b   Plummer, Francis Allan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interferon regulatory factor 1; Kenya; Polymorphism; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; KENYA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 8744309221     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-004-0185-9     Document Type: Article

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