Variations of the human glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1): Pathological and in vitro mutations and polymorphisms

Human Mutation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 557-568

  Bray, Paula J ^a,b   Cotton, Richard G H ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; GR; Locus specific database; LSDB; NR3C1; SNP

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA BINDING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 0038241502     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.10213     Document Type: Review

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