Comprehensive sequence analysis of the human IL23A gene defines new variation content and high rate of evolutionary conservation

DNA Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-122

  Tindall, Elizabeth A ^a   Hayes, Vanessa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic conservation; IL 23; IL23A; Novel variants

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 23P19;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA;

BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-23 SUBUNIT P19; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77951126544     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 17561663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsq003     Document Type: Article

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