Large-scale sequence comparisons reveal unusually high levels of variation in the HLA-DQB1 locus in the class II region of the human MHC

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-97

  Horton, Roger ^a   Niblett, David ^a   Milne, Sarah ^a   Palmer, Sophie ^a   Tubby, Ben ^a   Trowsdale, John ^b   Beck, Stephan ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; DNA variation; Human endogenous retrovirus (HERV); Major histocompatibility complex (MHC); MHC haplotypes

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032508672     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2018     Document Type: Article

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