A single nucleotide polymorphism (A → G) in intron 3 of IFNγ gene is associated with asthma

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 294-301

  Kumar, A ^a   Ghosh, B ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GUANINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NUCLEAR FACTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BINDING AFFINITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTRONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 44849088072     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2008.17     Document Type: Article

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