Additional diversity within the B70 serotype: Identification of B*1580 in a Caucasoid blood donor

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 270-272

  Kervaire, B ^a   Tiercy, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B*1518 cluster; B70 epitope; Direct sequencing; Gene conversion; HLA B intron 2; HLA B15

Indexed keywords

CD86 ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CAUCASIAN; CODON; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOOD DONORS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 1542329073     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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