Diversity is demonstrated in class I HLA-A and HLA-B alleles in Cameroon, Africa: Description of HLA-A*03012, *2612, *3006 and HLA-B*1403, *4016, *4703

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-302

  Ellis, J M ^a   Mack, S J ^b,c   Leke, R F G ^a,d   Quakyi, I ^a   Johnson, A H ^a   Hurley, C K ^a,e  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cameroon; Class I; Human leukocyte antigen (HLA); Sequence based typing (SBT); Sequence specific oligonucleotide probe (SSOP) typing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EPITOPE; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033794342     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2000.560401.x     Document Type: Article

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