Detection of a novel HLA-B27 allele, B*2740, in Taiwanese volunteer bone marrow donors by sequence-based typing: Curiosity rewarded

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 207-211

  Chen, M J ^a   Yang, T C ^a   Chu, C C ^b   Shyr, M H ^a   Lin, C L ^a   Lin, P Y ^a   Yang, K L ^a,c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; VALINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; EXONS; GENE CONVERSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUTAMIC ACID; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TAIWAN; VALINE;

EID: 67650745210     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2009.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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