An HLA class-II allele frequent in Eskimos and Amerindians is found in the Tyrolean Ice Man

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 363-369

  Fischer, G F ^a,e   Fae, I ^a   Mann, D ^b   Kriks, D ^a   Jager W ^a   Platzer, W ^c   Mayr, W R ^a   Volc Platzer, B ^d  

^a Department of Blood Group Serology ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA DEGRADATION; ESKIMO; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCANEUS; DNA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUMMIES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034784526     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480001008740     Document Type: Article

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