Polymorphism in the microsatellite located in the promoters of the Tnfa and Tnfb genes of different mouse strains

Immunogenetics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 302-304

  Iraqi, Fuad ^a   Teale, Alan ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Microsatellite; Mouse; Polymorphism; Tnfa; Tnfb

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOTOXIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0031718873     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050436     Document Type: Article

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