A new MICA allele with ten alanine residues in the exon 5 microsatellite

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 162-165

  Perez Rodriguez M ^a   Corell, A ^a,d   Arguello J R ^a   Cox, S T ^a   McWhinnie, A ^a   Marsh, S G E ^a,b   Madrigal, J A ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

HLA; MICA; Polymorphism; RSCA

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENETIC REGULATION; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALANINE; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0033960478     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2000.550209.x     Document Type: Article

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