Evidence of balancing selection at the HLA-G promoter region

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 3619-3628

  Tan, Zheng ^a   Shon, Andrew Minsoo ^a   Ober, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOGENES;

EID: 28744446297     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi389     Document Type: Article

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