MICA A8: a New Allele Within MHC Class I Chain-Related A Transmembrane Region With Eight GCT Repeats

Human Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1005-1007

  Gambelunghe, Giovanni ^a   Brozzetti, Anna Lisa ^a   Ghaderi, Mehran ^b   Tortoioli, Christina ^a   Falorni, Alberto ^a  

^a Dipto Med Int Sci Endocr M   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HLA; MHC; MHC class I chain related; microsatellite; SNP

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MICROSATELLITE DNA; THYMINE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; EXON; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICA A8 ALLELE; MICA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ALLELES; EXONS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 33845433883     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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