TLR4 -2242 T→C variant increases transcriptional activity of its promoter

Journal of Medical Colleges of PLA

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-75

  Yongtang, Wang ^a   Jianxin, Jiang ^a   Qing, Liu ^a   Zhaoxia, Duan ^a   Wei, Gu ^a   Ling, Zeng ^a   Kehong, Chen ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Promoter; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 70350147942     PISSN: 10001948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1000-1948(09)60020-4     Document Type: Article

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