Novel alleles at the lymphotoxin alpha (LTα) locus mark extended HLA haplotypes in native Africans

Human Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-278

  Tang, Jianming ^a,b,f   Myracle, Angela D ^a   Allen, Susan ^a   Karita, Etienne ^d   Musonda, Rosemary ^e   Fultz, Patricia N ^c   Kaslow, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d National AIDS Control Program Rwanda   (Rwanda)

^e Tropical Diseases Research Center   (Zambia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africans; HLA; LT ; Polymorphism; TNFc

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LYMPHOTOXIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEIN; TRANSPORTER ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIGEN PROCESSING; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035084890     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(00)00252-4     Document Type: Article

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