title: Single nucleotide polymorphisms within the promoter region of the rhesus monkey tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene.
abstract: The human TNF-alpha gene is characterized by several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in its promoter region, in part having been shown to influence TNF-alpha expression and susceptibility to various diseases. The rhesus macaque is widely used as an animal model for a variety of TNF-alpha associated pathological conditions, but little is known about genetic variation within the TNF-alpha promoter region. In order to check for such polymorphisms, primers based on rhesus sequence within 5' UTR were designed and used to amplify a approximately 1 kb product from genomic DNA of 29 animals. Sequencing and cloning revealed a total of 11 polymorphisms leading to five different haplotypes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Krishna K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidtke
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D004247:DNA