A three-base-deletion polymorphism in the upstream non-coding region of human interleukin 7 (IL-7) gene could enhance levels of IL-7 expression

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-113

  Song, H ^a   Nakayama, E E ^a   Likanonsakul, S ^b   Wasi, C ^c   Iwamoto, A ^d   Shioda, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 7; LUCIFERASE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TIMONACIC ARGININE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, INITIATOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, REPORTER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE DELETION; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 33947289612     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2007.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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