Extensive nucleotide variability within a 370 kb sequence from the central region of the major histocompatibility complex

Gene

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-161

  Gaudieri, S ^a   Kulski, J K ^b   Dawkins, R L ^b   Gojobori, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non coding; Polymorphic frozen blocks; Retroelements

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032860012     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00255-3     Document Type: Article

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