Sequence variation in the IL4 gene and resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Bolivians

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Alvarado Arnez, Lucia Elena ^a   Venegas, Evaristo N ^b   Ober, Carole ^a   Thompson, Emma E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Laboratory DIANA of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; THREONINE;

ALLELE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 78650913482     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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