The nature of introns 4-6 suggests reduced lineage specificity in HLA-B alleles

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 391-401

  Elsner, H A ^a   Baengeroth, K ^a   Blasczyk, Rainer ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

HLA B; HLA B*18011KAB; Intron; MHC; Recombination

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; DNA;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GORILLA; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL LINEAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINEAGE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1642549626     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363981     Document Type: Article

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