Mapping of 10 novel microsatellites in the MHC class III region: Application to the study of autoimmune disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 220-222

  Hsieh, Shie Liang ^a,b   March, Ruth E ^a   Khanna, Anu ^a,c   Cross, Susan J ^a   Campbell, R Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; MHC class III region; microsatellites

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, G12-G13; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 0031030506     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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