HLA-DRB1*,-DQB1* in Piramalai Kallars and Yadhavas, two Dravidian-speaking castes of Tamil Nadu, South India

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 451-464

  Shanmugalakshmi, S ^a   Balakrishnan, K ^a   Manoharan, K ^a   Pitchappan, R M ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Castes; Dravidian; DRB1*1501; HLA; India; Kallars; Migration; Selection; Yadhavas

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; ADULT; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; INDIA; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; ALLELES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0037677205     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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