Mutation screening of the interferon-gamma gene as a candidate gene for multiple sclerosis

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-259

  Giedraitis, Vilmantas ^a   He, B ^a   Hillert, J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTRONS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-REL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032840974     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.1999.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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