RT-PCR based mutation detection of the inflammatory molecules elastase II gene encoding neutrophil elastase in cyclic neutropenia patients by capillary sequencing

European Journal of Inflammation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-49

  Ahangari, G ^b   Farhoudi, A ^a   Chavoshzadeh, Z ^a   Ramyar, A ^a   Jamshidi, S H ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyclic neutropenia; Elastase II; Mutations; Polymorphonuclear

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER RNA; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646794378     PISSN: 1721727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1721727X0600400105     Document Type: Article

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