Variation in the FcγR3B gene among distinct Brazilian populations

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-182

  Covas, Dimas Tadeu ^a,b   Kashima, S ^b   Guerreiro, J F ^c   Dos Santos, S E B ^c   Zago, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CTC CEPID FAPESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amerinds, Brazil; Fc gamma RIII alleles; Granulocytes antigens; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

DNA; FC RECEPTOR; FC RECEPTOR RIIIB; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLOANTIGEN; FCGR3B PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAZIL; DNA SEQUENCE; FCGR3B GENE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; AMERICAN INDIAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; NEGRO;

PIERINAE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, CD; BRAZIL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; ISOANTIGENS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, IGG; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 14844323167     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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