HLA-DRA promoter polymorphism and diversity generation within the immune system

Human Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 801-805

  Schwiebert, Lisa M ^a,d   Hughes, Austin ^b   Monos, Dimitri S ^c   Ono, Santa J ^a,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ALLELES; CELL LINE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 0030982129     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050452     Document Type: Article

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