Stable inheritance of an HLA-'blank' phenotype associated with a structural mutation in the HLA-A(*)0301 gene

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-191

  Lienert, K ^a,b,e   Russ, G ^a,b   Lester, S ^c   Bennett, G ^c   Gao, X ^d   McCluskey, J ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA genotyping; HLA A3 HLA A 'blank' non expression; Serology; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A3 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0029739333     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1996.tb02627.x     Document Type: Article

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