Polymorphism of intron 4 in HLA-A, -B and -C genes

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 475-483

  Swelsen, W T N ^a   Voorter, C E M ^a   Van Den Berg Loonen, Ella M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HLA class I; Intron 4; Polymorphism; Sequence based typing

Indexed keywords

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

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037677204     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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