Molecular diversity of HLA-A, -B and -C alleles in a North Indian population as determined by PCR-SSOP

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-208

  Rani, R ^a,b   Marcos, C ^b   Lazaro, A M ^b   Zhang, Y ^b   Stastny, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEGRO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND;

ALLELES; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34248573507     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2007.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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