Population genetic studies of HLA-G: Allele frequencies and linkage disequilibrium with HLA-A1

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-123

  Ober, Carole ^a   Rosinsky, Barbara ^a   Grimsley, Carrie ^a   Van Der Ven, Katrin ^b   Robertson, Andrea ^a   Runge, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

HLA G; Hutterites; Linkage disequilibrium; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0030451386     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(96)01000-5     Document Type: Article

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