High frequencies of alleles MICA*020 and MICA*027 in Amerindians and evidence of positive selection on exon 3

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 697-705

  Oliveira, L A ^a   Ribas, F ^a   Bicalho, M G ^a   Tsuneto, L T ^a   Petzl Erler, M L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B35 ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALLELES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 57249115888     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2008.65     Document Type: Article

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