Detection of HLA-A*24 null alleles by DNA typing methods

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 208-212

  Williams, F ^a   Curran, M D ^a   Middleton, D ^a,b  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HLA A*24; Non expression

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; DNA;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; DNA DETERMINATION; DONOR; FAMILY; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; EXON; GENETICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; INTRON; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; EXONS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTRONS; IRELAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0031593878     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb03034.x     Document Type: Article

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