Low-cost, simultaneous, single-sequence genotyping of the HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C loci

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-37

  Abbott, W G H ^a   Tukuitonga, C F ^b   Ofanoa, M ^c   Munn, S R ^a   Gane, E J ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Class I; DNA sequencing; HLA; Niue; Polynesia; Tonga

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; DATABASES, GENETIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; POLYNESIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TONGA;

EID: 33745162895     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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