Polymorphism in human IL-1 receptor antagonist gene intron 2 is caused by variable numbers of an 86-bp tandem repeat

Human Genetics

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 403-404

  Tarlow, Joanna K ^a   Blakemore, Alexandra I F ^a   Lennard, Andrew ^b   Solari, Roberto ^b   Hughes, Howard N ^c   Steinkasserer, Alexander ^d   Duff, Gordon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Yamanouchi Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PRIMER DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027212397     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00217368     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Blocking IL-1: interleukin 1 receptor antagonist in vivo and in vitro
2. Organisation of the murine Mx gene and characterisation of its interferon-and virus-inducible promoter
3. Reversible silencing of enhancers by sequences derived from the human IFN-α promoter
4. Cloning and chromosome mapping of the human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene
5. Length variation within intron 2 of the human IL-1 receptor antagonist protein gene (IL-IRN)