Towards a molecular phototyping system for allelic variants of MICA, encoded by polymorphisms in exons 2, 3 and 4 of MHC class I chain-related genes

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-174

  Stephens, Henry A F ^a,b,c   Vaughan, Robert W ^a,c   Collins, R ^a   Kondeatis, E ^a   Theron, J ^a   Payne, A ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MICA alleles; Molecular typing; PCR SSP

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE CELL;

ALLELES; EXONS; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033064227     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.530207.x     Document Type: Article

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