Genotyping and functional analysis of a polymorphic (CCTTT)(n) repeat of NOS2A in diabetic retinopathy

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1825-1832

  Warpeha, K M ^a   Xu, W ^c   Liu, L ^c   Charles, I G ^c   Patterson, C C ^a   Ah Fat, F ^b   Harding, S ^b   Hart, P M ^a   Chakravarthy, U ^a,d   Hughes, A E ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microvascular; NOS2A promoter; Pentanucleotide repeat; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LUCIFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

EID: 0032827117     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.13.1825     Document Type: Article

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