A new polymorphism in the 5' flanking region of the human interleukin (IL)-4 gene

Immunogenetics

Volumn 49, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 738-739

  Suzuki, Isamu ^a   Yamaguchi, Etsuro ^a   Hizawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Itoh, Akihide ^a   Kawakami, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin (IL) 4; Linkage disequilibrium; Polymorphism; Promoter; RFLP

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; THYMINE;

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INTRON; JAPAN; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0033064338     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050677     Document Type: Article

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