Identification of Four Novel HLA-A Alleles from an East African Population by High-Resolution Sequence-Based Typing

Human Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 833-838

  Gill, Kulvinder K ^a   Leligdowicz, Aleksandra ^a   Luo, Ma ^a,b   Bielawny, Thomas ^a   Brunham, Robert ^c   Plummer, Francis A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

A*2630; A*2915; A*680105; A*9202; HLA A; SBT; TBSA

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; HLA A 0202 ANTIGEN; HLA A 2630 ANTIGEN; HLA A 290201 ANTIGEN; HLA A 2915 ANTIGEN; HLA A 680101 ANTIGEN; HLA A 680105 ANTIGEN; HLA A 9202 ANTIGEN; HLA A ANTIGEN; METHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AFRICA; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CODON; EXON; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 33749985982     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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