Identification of six new polymorphisms in the human coronavirus 229E receptor gene (aminopeptidase N/CD13)
Author(s) -
Leen Vijgen,
Els Keyaerts,
Kalina T. Zlateva,
Marc Van Ranst
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2004.03.004
Subject(s) - exon , genetics , biology , intron , haplotype , microbiology and biotechnology , single nucleotide polymorphism , gene , allele , population , genbank , allele frequency , genotype , medicine , environmental health
Human aminopeptidase N (APN/CD13/ANPEP) has been identified as the receptor for human coronavirus (HCoV) 229E. In this study, we analyzed the region of the APN gene that encodes a stretch of amino acid residues, essential for its HCoV-229E receptor function (amino acids 260-353).
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