Tumor necrosis factor microsatellites in four European populations.

doi:10.1016/0198-8859(93)90543-a

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Tumor necrosis factor microsatellites in four European populations.

Human immunology - 1 Nov 1993

Crouau-Roy B, Briant L, Bouissou C, Stravropoulos C, Pociot F, Cambon-Thomsen A, Clayton J

Abstract excerpt

The human genome contains a large number of interspersed simple repeat sequences that vary in length among individuals and can therefore serve as highly informative polymorphic markers. Several such variable sites (microsatellites) have been described within the TNF genes within the MHC. In this...

Topics

Alleles
DNA, Satellite
Ethnicity
Europe
Gene Frequency
Haplotypes
Humans
Linkage Disequilibrium
Lymphotoxin-alpha
Nucleotide Mapping
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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