Allelic variations in gene expression

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-43

  Yan, Hai ^a   Zhou, Wei ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic variations; Common genetic disease; Differential expression; Phenotypic variability; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOMEDICINE; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; NEOPLASM;

ALLELES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 2442496511     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-200401000-00008     Document Type: Review

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