Tumour necrosis factor microsatellite alleles in an Italian population.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2370.1997.tb00002.x

Article

Tumour necrosis factor microsatellite alleles in an Italian population.

European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Feb 1997

Ciusani E, Salmaggi A, Pocio F, Nespolo A, Sandberg-Wollheim M

Abstract excerpt

A non-radioactive technique for the typing of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) microsatellite alleles has been applied in the study of an Italian population. The frequency of the TNFa 10 allele was markedly increased compared with other European populations.

Topics

Alleles
Gene Frequency
Haplotypes
Humans
Italy
Linkage Disequilibrium
Microsatellite Repeats
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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