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Interferon gamma (IFNG) plays important roles in the regulation of bone remodelling. We describe here six single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the IFNG gene, five of which are novel, and their allelic frequencies in the Japanese population, as determined by sequencing 48 alleles of the entire gene. Four of these polymorphisms were identified inside the third intron, at nucleotide (nt) positions 2459 (A/G), 2671 (T/C), 3177 (T/G), and 3273 (G/A). In exon 4, SNPs were identified at nt positions 5199 (A/T) and 5272 (A/G). These polymorphic sites will be useful for genetic studies of disorders that affect the inflammatory process or calcium metabolism.
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Received: September 18, 2000 / Accepted: October 2, 2000
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Iwasaki, H., Ota, N., Nakajima, T. et al. Five novel single-nucleotide polymorphisms of human interferon gamma identified by sequencing the entire gene. J Hum Genet 46, 32–34 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100380170121
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