Mutational analysis of TNF-α gene reveals a regulatory role for the 3′-untranslated region in the genetic predisposition to lupus-like autoimmune disease

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3043-3050

  Jacob, Chaim O ^a   Lee, Sun Kyung ^a   Strassmann, Gideon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Otsuka America Pharmaceutical ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NEW ZEALAND BLACK MOUSE; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, INBRED NZB; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030584791     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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