TNFA promoter alleles - frequencies and linkage with classical HLA genes in a South German Caucasian population

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 502-508

  Furst D ^a,b   Zollikofer, Ch ^a,b   Schrezenmeier, H ^a,b   Mytilineos, J ^a,b  

^a German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Baden Württemberg Hessen and University Hospital Ulm   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human leukocyte antigen; Linkage disequilibrium; Promoter; Tumor necrosis factor; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84869017760     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tan.12025     Document Type: Article

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