Analysis of intron sequences at the class II HLA-DRB1 locus: Implications for the age of allelic diversity

Hereditas

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Bergström, Tomas F ^a   Josefsson, Agnetha ^a   Erlich, Henry A ^b   Gyllensten, Ulf B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EXON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; INTRON;

PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0030833048     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1997.t01-1-00001.x     Document Type: Article

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