Locus-specific conservation of the HLA class I introns by intra-locus homogenization

Immunogenetics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-36

  Cereb, Nezih ^a   Hughes, Austin L ^b   Yang, Soo Young ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class I; Conservation; HLA; Introns; Locus specific

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EXONS; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MUTAGENESIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031447141     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050323     Document Type: Article

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