Expression defect of an HLA-A*24 allele associated with DNA methylation in a normal individual

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-329

  Lee, Kyung Wha ^a   Shin, J Y ^a   Lee, J Y ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

HLA typing; HLA A*24023; Inactivation; Methylation

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A24 ANTIGEN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CODON; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; KOREA; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING;

DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0037954264     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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