HLA class I diversity in Kolla Amerindians

Human Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 170-179

  Little, Ann Margaret ^a   Scott, Iain ^a   Pesoa, Susanna ^a,b   Marsh, Steven G E ^a   Argüello, Rafael ^a,c   Cox, Steven T ^a   Ramon, Daniel ^a   Vullo, Carlos ^b   Madrigal, J Alejandro ^a,d  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital Nacional de Clinicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; HLA; Kolla Amerindians; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BOLIVIA; EVOLUTION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035113124     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(00)00248-2     Document Type: Article

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