Differences in gene conversion rates among exons between HLA-A and HLA-B loci

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-82

  Inutsuka, Hiroki ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; HLA gene; MHC gene; Molecular evolution; Natural selection; Nonsynonymous substitution; Synonymous substitution

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; EXON; GENE CONVERSION; GENETICS; HUMAN;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EXONS; GENE CONVERSION; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS;

EID: 0032616338     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.46.79     Document Type: Article

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