Allelic variation of the inducible costimulator (ICOS) gene: Detection of polymorphisms, analysis of the promoter region, and extended haplotype estimation

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 276-285

  Haaning Andersen, Anne Dorthe ^a   Lange, M ^b   Lillevang, S T ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Costimulation; Haplotype estimation; ICOS; Polymorphism; T lymphocytes; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ALLELISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 2Q; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ICOS GENE; INTRON; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRONS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0038291848     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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