Results of Expedicion Humana II. Analysis of HLA class II alleles in three African American populations from Colombia using the PCR/SSOP: Identification of a novel DQB1(*)02 ((*)0203) allele

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 192-198

  Trachtenberg, E A ^a,c   Keyeux, G ^b   Bernal, J ^b   Noble, J A ^a   Erlich, H A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Colombian; HLA DQ; MHC; PCR; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; COLOMBIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0029781292     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1996.tb02628.x     Document Type: Article

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