A novel PCR-based methodology to determine TAP allele frequencies in population studies

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 88-91

  Perry, C L ^a,d   Mijovic, C H ^a   Cockram, C S ^b   Yeung, V T F ^b   Jenkins, D ^a   Barnett, A H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

TAP; Type I diabetes

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031815257     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb03030.x     Document Type: Article

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