Definition of polymorphisms in the gene encoding the interleukin-12 receptor B1 subunit: Testing linkage disequilibrium with Type I diabetes susceptibility

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 222-227

  Tabone, T ^a   Morahan, G ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

IL 12 receptor; Interleukin 12; Th1 Th2

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GUANINE; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; METHIONINE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; THREONINE; IL12RB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-12;

EID: 2342593264     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363948     Document Type: Article

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