A novel allele: MICA*064N with a stop codon in exon 4

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-314

  Zhang, S ^a,b   Wang, J ^a   Luo, M ^a   Li, X ^b   Chen, Q ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (China)

^b Sichuan Cord Blood Bank   (China)

Author keywords

064N; MICA; New allele; Sequence based typing

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA; HLA B ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D;

ALLELE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXON; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE EXPRESSION; STOP CODON; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CODON, TERMINATOR; EXONS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84857788312     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2011.01826.x     Document Type: Note

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