HLA genes in Cubans and the detection of Amerindian alleles

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2426-2435

  Alegre, Roberto ^b   Moscoso, Juan ^a   Martinez Laso, Jorge ^a   Martin Villa, Manuel ^a   Suarez, Jose ^b   Moreno, Almudena ^a   Serrano Vela, Juan I ^a   Vargas Alarcon, Gilberto ^c   Pacheco, Remedios ^a   Arnaiz Villena, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b Marianao Blood Bank   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Africans; Amerindians; Arawak; Ciboneys; Cuban; HLA; Tainos

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CUBA; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAPLOTYPE; HLA GENE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; VENEZUELA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CUBA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 33846279770     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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