Polymorphisms in the Tnfa gene of different inbred mouse strains

Immunogenetics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 242-245

  Iraqi, Faud ^a   Teale, Alan ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

3' untranslated region; DNA polymorphisms; First intron; Mouse strains; Tnfa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; INTRONS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0032959517     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050487     Document Type: Article

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