Dissimilar evolution of B-locus versus A-locus and class II loci of the HLA region in South American Indian tribes

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-250

  Fernandez Vina M A ^a   Lazaro A M ^a   Marcos, C Y ^a   Nulf, C ^a   Raimondi, E ^b   Haas, E J ^b   Stastny, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

A locus; B locus; G51152; HLA class II; South America

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030853136     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02867.x     Document Type: Article

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