Wide distribution of the MICA-MICB null haplotype in East Asians

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Komatsu Wakui, M ^a,b   Tokunaga, K ^a   Ishikawa, Y ^b   Leelayuwat, C ^c   Kashiwase, K ^b   Tanaka, H ^b   Moriyama, S ^b   Nakajima, F ^d   Park, M H ^e   Jia, G J ^f   Chimge, N O ^g   Sideltseva, E W ^h   Juji, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Kanagawa Red Cross Blood Center   (Japan)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f Harbin Red Cross Blood Center   (China)

^g Medical University   (Mongolia)

^h Immunogenetics Research Center of Civil Health Service   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

East Asian; HLA B48; MICA MICB null haplotype; Multiplex PCR; PCR SSCP; Population study

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B48 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1A; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1B; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAR EAST; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 0035136860     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2001.057001001.x     Document Type: Article

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