Increased HLA class I and II diversity as 72 novel alleles are identified in volunteers for the National Marrow Donor Program Registry in 2010

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-57

  Lazaro, A M ^a   Henry, J ^b   Ng, J ^a   Hurley, C K ^a   Posch, P E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; HLA A; HLA B; HLA C; HLA DRB1

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VOLUNTEER;

ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGISTRIES; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83555177298     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2011.01788.x     Document Type: Article

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