MICA-HLA-B haplotype diversity and linkage disequilibrium in a population of Jewish descent from Majorca (the Balearic Islands)

Human Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 513-517

  Cambra, Ana ^a   Muñoz Saá, Iván ^a   Crespí, Catalina ^a   Serra, Antònia ^a   Etxagibel, Aitziber ^a   Matamoros, Núria ^a   Milà, Joan ^a   Julià, Maria Rosa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chueta; HLA B; Linkage disequilibrium; MICA polymorphism; Non Ashkenazi Jews

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAUCASIAN; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JEW; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JEWS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPAIN;

EID: 67449161553     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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