Genetic polymorphism of MUC7: Allele frequencies and association with asthma

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 347-354

  Kirkbride, Helen J ^a   Bolscher, Jan G ^b   Nazmi, Kamran ^b   Vinall, Lynne E ^a   Nash, Matthew W ^a   Moss, Fiona M ^c   Mitchell, David M ^d   Swallow, Dallas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; MG2; MUC7; Mucin; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MG 2 PROTEIN; MUC 7 PROTEIN; MUCIN; SALIVA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BACTERIUM; CLEARANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST; MOUTH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; THORAX DISEASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASTHMA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCINS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PEPTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034990927     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200642     Document Type: Article

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