Ethnic variation of the HLA-G*0105N allele in two Chinese populations

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-274

  Lin, A ^a   Li, M ^b   Xu, D P ^c   Zhang, W G ^a   Yan, W H ^a  

^a TAIZHOU HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE   (China)

^b Yunhe Hospital   (China)

^c WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; HLA G; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA G ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; GENETIC VARIATION; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 60649094605     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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