Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the gene encoding the major histocompatibility complex class II transactivator (CIITA) in systemic lupus erythematosus

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 947-950

  Koizumi, K ^a   Okamoto, H ^a   Iikuni, N ^a   Nakamura, T ^a   Kawamoto, M ^a   Momohara, S ^a   Ichikawa, N ^a   Furuya, T ^a   Kotake, S ^a   Taniguchi, A ^a   Yamanaka, H ^a   Kamatani, N ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MHC2TA GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 21144457220     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.025767     Document Type: Article

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