HLA-A polymorphisms in four ethnic groups from Guinea-Bissau (West Africa) inferred from sequence-based typing

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 593-598

  Spinola C ^a   Bruges Armas, J ^b,c   Brehm, A ^a   Spinola H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^b Hospital Santo Espirito de Angra do Heroesmo   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Guinea Bissau; HLA A; Sequence based typing; Sub Saharan populations

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE BASED TYPING;

ALLELES; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GUINEA-BISSAU; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 55949101056     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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