Identifying DNA polymorphisms in human TCRA/D variable genes by direct sequencing of PCR products

Immunogenetics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-127

  Boysen, Cecilie ^a   Carlson, Christopher ^b   Hood, Eran ^a   Hood, Leroy ^b   Nickerson, Deborah A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DINUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETIOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA;

EID: 0029882222     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050099     Document Type: Article

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