The nature of polymorphism of the HLA-DRB intron sequences is lineage specific

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-26

  Blasczyk, R ^a   Kotsch, K ^a   Wehling, J ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allelic lineages; Diversification mechanisms; HLA DRB; Intron diversity

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031847773     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb03019.x     Document Type: Article

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