HLA-G 3′-UTR SNP and 14-bp deletion polymorphisms in Portuguese and Guinea-Bissau populations

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 361-366

  Alvarez, M ^a   Piedade, J ^b   Balseiro, S ^c   Ribas, G ^d   Regateiro, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c Centro de Histocompatibilidade do Centro Coimbra   (Portugal)

^d Centro Nacional de Investigations Oncológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA-G ANTIGEN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAFT REJECTION; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POINT MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; RNA PROCESSING;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALLELES; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GUINEA-BISSAU; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PORTUGAL; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 75549087354     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2009.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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