Molecular diversity of HLA-Cw alleles in the Maratha community of Mumbai, Maharashtra, western India

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-227

  Shankarkumar, U ^a,b   Ghosh, K ^a   Mohanty, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 22644447563     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2005.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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