MICA exon 5 microsatellite typing by DNA heteroduplex analysis: A new polymorphism in the transmembrane region

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-311

  Vitiani, L Ricci ^a,b   Potolicchio, I ^a,b   D'Amato, M ^b   Baricordi, O R ^c   Sorrentino, R ^a,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heteroduplex; MICA (MHC class I chain related gene A); Polymorphism; STR (short tandem repeats)

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; HETERODUPLEX; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME 6P; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0031914472     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb03108.x     Document Type: Article

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