The association between HLA-A alleles and young Alu dimorphisms near the HLA-J, -H, and -F genes in workshop cell lines and Japanese and Australian populations

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 718-726

  Dunn, David S ^a   Naruse, Taeko ^b   Inoko, Hidetoshi ^b   Kulski, Jerzy K ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CELL LINE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA; GENETICS, POPULATION; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 1842847373     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2367-4     Document Type: Article

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