Identification of human ccn2 (connective tissue growth factor) promoter polymorphisms

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 192-196

  Blom, I E ^a   Van Dijk, A J ^a   De Weger, R A ^a   Tilanus, M G J ^a   Goldschmeding, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ccn2; Connective tissue growth factor; Polymorphism; Promoter

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE REPAIR; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034972945     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.54.3.192     Document Type: Article

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