MUC7 haplotype analysis: Results from a longitudinal birth cohort support protective effect of the MUC7* 5 allele on respiratory function

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 417-427

  Rousseau, K ^a,b   Vinall, L E ^a,b   Butterworth, S L ^b   Hardy, R J ^b   Holloway, J ^c   Wadsworth, M E J ^b   Swallow, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 7;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHEEZING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33744493930     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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