The genetic structure of 3′untranslated region of the HLA-G gene: Polymorphisms and haplotypes

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-141

  Castelli, E C ^a   Mendes Junior, C T ^a   Deghaide, N H S ^a   De Albuquerque, R S ^a   Muniz, Y C N ^a   Simes, R T ^a   Carosella, E D ^b   Moreau, P ^b   Donadi, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

30untranslated region; HLA G; Human leukocyte antigens; Major histocompatibility complex; MicroRNA; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; HLA G ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; THYMINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; ALLELES; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENETIC STRUCTURES; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 77649335964     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2009.74     Document Type: Article

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