High frequency of MIC null haplotype (HLA-B48-MICA-del-MICB*0107 N) in the Angaite Amerindian community in Paraguay

Immunogenetics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 439-441

  Aida, Kayano ^a,b,c   Russomando, Graciela ^a,b,c   Kikuchi, Mihoko ^a,b,c   Candia, Norma ^a,b,c   Franco, Leticia ^a,b,c   Almiron, Maria ^a,b,c   Ubalee, Ratawan ^a,b,c   Hirayama, Kenji ^a,b,c  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deletion; Haplotypes; HLA; MHC; MICA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NULL ALLELE; PARAGUAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PARAGUAY; PEDIGREE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0036380424     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-002-0485-1     Document Type: Article

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