Isolation and mapping of a polymorphic CA repeat sequence at the human interleukin 6 locus

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-72

  Tsukamoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Haruta, Ken ^b   Shiba, Tadayoshi ^b   Emi, Mitsuru ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium metabolism; Dinucleotide repeat; Inflammation; Interferon 2; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME 7P; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031776796     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100380050042     Document Type: Article

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