Absence of the HLA-G*0105N allele in Amerindian populations from the Brazilian Amazon Region: A possible role of natural selection

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 330-334

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amerindians; HLA G; Natural selection; Null allele; South America

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAUTERINE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NULL ALLELE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 34548344006     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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