Preferential transmission and association of the -403 G→ A promoter RANTES polymorphism with atopic asthma

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-30

  Al Abdulhadi, S A ^a   Helms, P J ^a   Main, M ^a   Smith, O ^a   Christie, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; Asthma; Atopy; PDT; Polymorphism; RANTES promoter

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; RANTES;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RANTES;

EID: 13844320381     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364151     Document Type: Article

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