Polymorphism in the regulatory region located more than 1.1 Kilobases 5' to the start site of transcription, the promoter region, and exon 1 of the HLA-G gene

Human Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1237-1244

  Hviid, Thomas V F ^a,b   Sørensen, Steen ^a   Morling, Niels ^b  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Expression; HLA G; MHC; Polymorphism; Promoter region

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA G ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033388872     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(99)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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