A typing system for the Major Histocompatibility Complex class I chain related genes A and B using polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers

Genetic Testing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-110

  Rees, M Tracey ^a   Downing, J ^a   Darke, C ^a  

^a Welsh Blood Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICA GENE; MICB GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 21044446405     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2005.9.93     Document Type: Article

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