Haplotypic relationship between SNP and microsatellite markers at the NOS2A locus in two populations

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 506-514

  Burgner, D ^a,c   Rockett, K ^a   Ackerman, H ^a   Hull, J ^a   Usen, S ^b   Pinder, M ^b   Kwiatkowski, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Linkage disequilibrium; Microsatellite; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NUCLEOTIDE; REPETITIVE DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMBIA; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GAMBIA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 3242782477     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364022     Document Type: Article

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