Transcription of the IL10 gene reveals allele-specific regulation at the mRNA level

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1755-1762

  Kurreeman, Fina A S ^a   Schonkeren, Joris J M ^a   Heijmans, Bastin T ^a   Toes, Rene E M ^a   Huizinga, Tom W J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOKINE; GUANINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DONOR; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; INTERLEUKIN-10; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 4444296223     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh187     Document Type: Article

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