Identification of a novel HLA-DQA1 null allele, DQA1*0403N, from an East African woman

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 609-611

  Luo, M ^a   Cohen, C R ^b   Narayansingh, M J ^a   Pan, S ^a   Mckinnon, L ^a   Brunham, R C ^a,c   Plummer, Francis A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DQA1*0403N; HLA DQA1 allele; SBT; TBSA

Indexed keywords

HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, NONSENSE; FEMALE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KENYA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 2942607376     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-2815.2004.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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