Trinucleotide repeat polymorphism within exon 5 of the MICA gene (MHC class I chain-related gene A): Allele frequency data in the nine population groups Japanese, Northern Han, Hui, Uygur, Kazakhstan, Iranian, Saudi Arabian, Greek and Italian

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Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 448-454

  Ota, M ^a   Katsuyama, Y ^a   Mizuki, N ^b   Ando, H ^c   Furihata, K ^a   Ono, S ^b   Pivetti Pezzi, P ^d   Tabbara, K F ^e   Palimeris, G D ^f   Nikbin, B ^g   Davatchi, F ^g   Chams, H ^h   Geng, Z ⁱ   Bahram, S ^j   Inoko, H ^k  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f FICOphth   (Greece)

^g TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

ⁱ FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^k TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Gene frequency; MICA gene (MHC class I chain related gene A); Polymorphism of MICA exon 5; Population study; STR (short tandem repeat)

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; IRAN; ITALY; JAPAN; KAZAKHSTAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; TANDEM REPEAT; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 8244227325     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02778.x     Document Type: Article

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