Sequence of a new HLA-A allele (A*0218) encoding a serological variant, HLA-A2K, observed in Japanese

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 48, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 329-330

  Kashiwase, K ^a   Ishikawa, Y ^a   Tokunaga, K ^a,b,e   Ohashi, H ^c   Hashimoto, M ^c   Lin, L ^a,d   Akaza, T ^a   Tadokoro, K ^a   Juji, T ^a  

^a Japan Red Cross Ctrl Blood Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Red Cross Blood Center   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

HLA A*0218; Japanese; New serological variant HLA A2K

Indexed keywords

HLA A2 ANTIGEN; LYSINE; METHIONINE;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029909504     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1996.tb02653.x     Document Type: Article

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