HLA class I allele distributions in six Pacific/Asian populations: Evidence of selection at the HLA-A locus

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 53, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 311-319

  Bugawan, T L ^a   Mack, Steven J ^a,b   Stoneking, M ^c   Saha, M ^d   Beck, H P ^e   Erlich, H A ^a,b  

^a ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Filipino; HLA A; HLA B; Indonesian; Malay; Molucca; New allele; Nusa Tengara; PCR; PNG; Selection

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DINUCLEOTIDE; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE; THREONINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIODIVERSITY; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0032714642     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.530401.x     Document Type: Article

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