The distribution of polymorphic Alu insertions within the MHC class I HLA-B7 and HLA-B57 haplotypes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 765-768

  Dunn, David S ^a   Tait, Brian D ^b   Kulski, Jerzy K ^a,c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alu; Dimorphism; Haplotype; HLA A alleles; Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B57 ANTIGEN; HLA B7 ANTIGEN;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE MARROW; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ALU ELEMENTS; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-B7 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 12944325781     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0745-3     Document Type: Article

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