Expression of the SLC11A1 (NRAMP1) 5′-(GT)n repeat: Opposite effect in the presence of -237C→T

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-50

  Zaahl, Monique G ^a,b,c   Robson, Kathryn J H ^b   Warnich, Louise ^a   Kotze, Maritha J ^c,d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^d Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Infection; NRAMP1; Polymorphism; SLC11A1

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FERRIC AMMONIUM CITRATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; LUCIFERASE; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; NUCLEOSIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CLONING VECTOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON METABOLISM; POINT MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ALLELES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL LINE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; IRON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MYELOID CELLS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3042605040     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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