Polymorphism of exon 3 of the HLA-G gene

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-42

  Hviid, Thomas V F ^a,b   Meldgaard, Michael ^b   Sørensen, Steen ^a   Morling, Niels ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deletion; HLA G; MHC; PCR SSCP; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; CODON; DELETION MUTANT; DENMARK; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DENMARK; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030720763     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(97)00051-X     Document Type: Article

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