Inactivation of a functional HLA-A gene: A 4-kb deletion turns HLA-A*24 into a pseudogene

Human Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1197-1202

  Voorter, Christina E M ^a   Lauterbach, Nina ^a   Tilanus, Marcel G J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deletion; HLA A; HLA A*24 null; MHC class I; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTROMERE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RETROPOSON; TELOMERE;

ADULT; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 78149412746     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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