Allelic polymorphism of two multifunctional regions in the central human MHC: Tenascin X, XB-S and YB, and their duplicated fragments XA and YA

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-209

  Weissensteiner, T ^a,b   Lanchbury, J S ^a  

^a UMDS   (United Kingdom)

^b EDWARD JENNER INST FOR VACC RES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DNA FRAGMENT; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TENASCIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MARKER GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0030978409     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2370.1997.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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