Further diversification of the HLA-B locus in Central American Amerindians: New B(*)39 and B(*)51 alleles in the Kuna of Panama

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-257

  Iwanaga, K K ^a   Eberle, M ^a   Kolman, C J ^b,c   Bermingham, E ^b   Watkins, David I ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

DGGE; HLA B(*)3911; HLA B(*)5110; Kuna Amerindians; Sequence typing

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE LOCUS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PANAMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

KUNA;

EID: 0030772161     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02868.x     Document Type: Article

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