A new allele within the transmembrane region of the human MICA gene with seven GCT repeats

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 526-528

  Rueda, B ^c   Pascual, M ^c   Lopez Nevot M A ^a   Gonzalez E ^c   Martín, Javier ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

HLA; MICA gene; Microsatellite; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYTOSINE; GENE PRODUCT; GUANINE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MICROSATELLITE DNA; THYMINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 6; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE; MICA GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELIAC DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; MICA; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 0036982052     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2002.600608.x     Document Type: Article

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