Two novel single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the Caspase-9 (CASP9) gene in the Japanese population

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-118

  Hirano, A ^a,b   Nagai, H ^a   Harada, H ^a   Haga, S ^b   Kajiwara, T ^b   Emi, M ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 9 gene; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CASP9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; CASPASE 9;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

CASPASE 9; CASPASES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 0035318210     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363728     Document Type: Article

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