The allele MICB*0050204, over-represented in the Caucasian population, has an additional exon resulting from a new splice junction sequence

Human Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 705-707

  Martínez Borra, Jesús ^a   Rodrigo, Luis ^a   Rodríguez Rodero, Sandra ^a   Fernandez Morera, Juan Luis ^a   Diaz Peña, Roberto ^a   Pruneda, Laura ^a   López Vázquez, Antonio ^a   López Larrea, Carlos ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b Section of Nephrology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; MHC; MICB

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DINUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICB 0050204 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, NONSENSE; EXONS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPAIN;

EID: 34547217316     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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