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Tumor necrosis factor haplotype diversity in Mestizo and native populations of Mexico.
Tissue antigens - 1 Apr 2014
Castro-Martínez X H, Leal-Cortés C, Flores-Martínez S E, García-Zapién A G, Sánchez-Corona J, Portilla-de Buen E, Gómez-Espinel I, Zamora-Ginez I, Pérez-Fuentes R, Islas-Andrade S, Revilla-Monsalve C, Guerrero-Romero F, Rodríguez-Morán M, Mendoza-Carrera F
Abstract excerpt
The so-called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) block includes the TNFA, lymphotoxin alpha and beta (LTA and LTB) genes with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and microsatellites with an allele frequency that exhibits interpopulation variability. To date, no reports have included both SNPs and microsatellites at the TNF block to study Mestizo or Amerindian populations from Mexico. In this study, samples of five...
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