A functional polymorphism in the promoter/enhancer region of the FOXP3/Scurfin gene associated with type 1 diabetes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-156

  Bassuny, Wafaa M ^a   Ihara, Kenji ^a   Sasaki, Yuka ^a   Kuromaru, Ryuichi ^a   Kohno, Hitoshi ^b   Matsuura, Nobuo ^c   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual luciferase reporter assay; FOXP3 Scurfin; Linkage disequilibrium; Polymorphism; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETOGENESIS; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0038345163     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-003-0559-8     Document Type: Article

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