The novel HLA-DRB1(*)0807 allele is present in a Carib Amerindian population: The Yucpa

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 427-428

  Layrisse, Z ^a,b   Matos, M ^a   Montagnani, S ^a   Herrera, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amerindian; DRB1(*)0807; Oligotyping; PCR SSO; Yucpa

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030905450     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02773.x     Document Type: Article

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