Genetic polymorphism at position -308 in the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF): Implications of its allelic distribution on susceptibility or resistance to diseases in the Chilean population
Several single-nucleotide polymorphisms have been identified in the human TNF gene promoter. The polymorphism at position _308 (TNF-308), which involves substituting G for A and designing the TNF2 allele, leads to a higher rate of TNF gene transcription than the wild-type TNF1 allele in in vitro exp...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2001-01-01
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Series: | Biological Research |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602001000300011 |