New polymorphisms in the IL-10 promoter region

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-233

  D'Alfonso, S ^a   Rampi, M ^a   Rolando, V ^a   Giordano, M ^a   Momigliano Richiardi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

DHPLC; IL 10 promoter; Italian population; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034139497     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363666     Document Type: Article

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