Novel interleukin-1 receptor antagonist exon polymorphisms and their use in allele-specific mRNA assessment

Human Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 723-726

  Clay, Frances E ^a,b   Tarlow, Joanna K ^a   Cork, Michael J ^a   Cox, Angela ^a   Nicklin, Martin J H ^a   Duff, Gordon W ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b R and D Systems Europe   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTRON; KERATINOCYTE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0029925546     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02346180     Document Type: Article

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