Genetics of asthma: A molecular biologist perspective

Clinical and Molecular Allergy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kumar, Amrendra ^a   Ghosh, Balaram ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; ALANINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HLA G ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATE 4 PHOSPHATASE TYPE 1; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MICRORNA; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROLINE; PROTEIN ADAM33; PROTEIN SPINK5; SERINE; THREONINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASTHMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAPLOTYPE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW;

EID: 66149161804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7961-7-7     Document Type: Review

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