A population genetics study of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the interleukin 4 receptor α (IL4RA) gene

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 128-134

  Wu, X ^a   Di Rienzo, A ^a   Ober, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Natural selection; TH1 TH2 cytokines

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEGRO; RACE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4;

EID: 0035346169     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363746     Document Type: Article

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