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Genetic analysis of TAP2 in systemic lupus erythematosus patients from two ethnic groups.
British journal of rheumatology - 1 Jun 1996
Ocal L, Russell K, Beynon H, Cruickshank K, Lanchbury J S, Walport M, Isenberg D, Briggs D
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine whether the TAP2 (Transporter associated with Antigen Processing 2) locus is involved in susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We adopted the interethnic approach to overcome problems in the analysis resulting from linkage disequilibrium. The TAP2 gene polymorphisms of the codons corresponding to amino acid positions 379, 565 and 665 were investigated by...
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