Re-examination of HLA-G polymorphism in African Americans

Immunogenetics

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 808-811

  Ishitani, Akiko ^a   Kishida, Manabu ^a   Sageshima, Noriko ^a   Yashiki, Shinji ^b   Sonoda, Shunro ^b   Hayami, Masanori ^c   Smith, Anajane G ^d   Hatake, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Immunogenetics   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Direct sequencing; Ghanaian; HLA G; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA; EXONS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0032770386     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050555     Document Type: Article

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