Description of a novel HLA-B35 (B*3514) allele found in a Mexican family of Nahua Aztec descent

Human Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 148-151

  Vargas Alarcon, Gilberto ^a,b   Martinez Laso, Jorge ^a   Granados, Julio ^b   Diaz Campos, Nieves ^a   Alvarez, Miguel ^a   Gomez Casado, Eduardo ^a   Alcocer Varela, Jorge ^b   Arnaiz Villena, Antonio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029944608     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0198-8859(95)00156-5     Document Type: Article

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