Allelic diversity of MICA gene and MICA/HLA-B haplotypic variation in a population of the Murcia region in southeastern Spain

Human Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 655-660

  Lucas, Daniel ^a   Campillo, José Antonio ^a   López Hernández, Ruth ^a   Martínez García, Pedro ^a   López Sánchez, Manuela ^a   Botella, Carmen ^a   Salgado, Gema ^a   Minguela, Alfredo ^a   Álvarez López, María Rocío ^a   Muro, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

HLA B; Linkage disequilibrium; MICA; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; SPAIN;

EID: 54549089963     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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