Frequencies of the tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphisms in the Korean population

Hereditas

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 184-188

  Um, Jae Young ^a   Kim, Hyung Min ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KOREA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; KOREA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 1042281042     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2003.01741.x     Document Type: Article

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