A novel polymorphic GATA site in the human IL-12Rβ2 promoter region affects transcriptional activity

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Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 538-546

  Van Rietschoten, J G I ^a,b   Westland, R ^a   Van Den Bogaard, R ^a   Nieste Otter, M A ^a   Van Veen, A ^a   Jonkers, R E ^a   Van Der Pouw Kraan, T C T M ^b   Den Hartog, M T ^c   Wierenga, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BIOCEROS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DHPLC; GATA3; Human; IL 12R 2 gene; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TH2 CELL;

5' FLANKING REGION; ASTHMA; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-12;

EID: 2942575896     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-2815.2004.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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