Effects of genetic variation on chromatin structure and the transcriptional machinery: Analysis of the IL6 gene locus

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 583-586

  Smith, A J P ^a   Zheng, D ^a   Palmen, J ^a   Pang, D X ^a   Woo, P ^a   Humphries, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chromatin; interleukin 6; polymorphism; transcription

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84867745237     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2012.32     Document Type: Article

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