A novel PCR-RFLP assay for the detection of a polymorphism in the 3′ of STAT6 gene

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 349-350

  Amoli, M ^a   Ollier, W E R ^a   Hajeer, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biallelic; PCR RFLP; Polymorphism; STAT6

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; STAT6 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0034208088     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363684     Document Type: Article

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