MICA, HLA-B haplotypic variation in five population groups of sub-Saharan African ancestry

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 500-505

  Tian, W ^a   Boggs, D A ^b   Uko, G ^a   Essiet, A ^c   Inyama, M ^d   Banjoko, B ^e   Adewole, T ^f   Ding, W Z ^a   Mohseni, M ^a   Fritz, R ^g   Chen, D F ^a   Palmer, L J ^g   Fraser, P A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^d Blue Cross Hospital   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^f NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

HLA; Linkage disequilibrium; MICA; SSOP; Sub Saharan Africans

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MHC CLASS I RELATED CHAIN A; MHC CLASS I-RELATED CHAIN A;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL; UNITED STATES; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; GENETICS; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETICS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

MICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; BOSTON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 3242763775     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364017     Document Type: Article

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