An ancient balanced polymorphism in a regulatory region of human major histocompatibility complex is retained in Chinese minorities but lost worldwide

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-400

  Liu, Xiaoyi ^a   Fu, Yonggui ^a,b,c   Liu, Zehuan ^a,d   Lin, Bin ^a   Xie, Yi ^a   Liu, Yin ^a   Xu, Yunpin ^a   Lin, Jianghai ^a   Fan, Xinlan ^a   Dong, Meiling ^a   Zeng, Kai ^a,b,c   Wu, Chung I ^b,c   Xu, Anlong ^a,b  

^a Inner Mongolia Agricultural University   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DPA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MINORITY GROUP; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33344455672     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500593     Document Type: Article

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