Cytokine polymorphism frequencies in the Greek Cypriot population

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 341-343

  Costeas, P A ^a   Koumas, L ^a   Koumouli, A ^a   Kyriakou Giantsiou, A ^a   Papaloizou, A ^a  

^a Karaiskakio Foundation   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CODON; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CYPRUS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0242362650     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2003.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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