HLA-C molecular characterization of a Lebanese population and genetic structure of 39 populations from Europe to India-Pakistan

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-57

  Buhler, S ^a   Megarbane, A ^b   Lefranc, G ^c   Tiercy, J M ^d   Sanchez Mazas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c CNRS and University Montpellier II   (France)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Europe; HLA C; India Pakistan; Middle East; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

HLA C ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEBANON; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION;

ALLELES; ANTHROPOLOGY; CHRISTIANITY; DNA PROBES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; ISLAM; LEBANON; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33745145483     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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