HLA-G 14-bp polymorphism at exon 8 in Amerindian populations from the Brazilian Amazon

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-260

  Mendes Jr , C T ^a   Castelli, E C ^a   Simoes R T ^a   Simoes A L ^a   Donadi, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Fertility; HLA G; Natural selection; South America

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; HLA G GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BRAZIL; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34247857423     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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