MICA*055: A new allele with eight GCT repeats in the exon 5 microsatellite

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 410-411

  Glas, J ^a,b   Maier, K ^a   Wetzke, M ^c   Henninger, M ^a   Weiss, E H ^a   Folwaczny, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human leukocyte antigen; Major histocompatibility complex class I chain related A (MICA); MICA*055; Microsatellite polymorphism; New allele

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A055 ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MHC CLASS I RELATED CHAIN A; MHC CLASS I-RELATED CHAIN A;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 51649100871     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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