High resolution HLA-C typing by PCR-SSP: Identification of allelic frequencies and linkage disequilibria in 604 unrelated random UK Caucasoids and a comparison with serology

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 680-691

  Bunce, M ^a   Barnardo, M C N M ^a   Procter, J ^a   Marsh, S G E ^b   Vilches, C ^c   Welsh, K I ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allele specific typing; DNA typing; Histocompatibility testing; HLA C; PCR SSP

Indexed keywords

HLA C ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SEROLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030475865     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1996.tb02692.x     Document Type: Article

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