HLA-E polymorphisms in an Afro-descendant Southern Brazilian population

Human Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-202

  Carvalho dos Santos, Luana ^a   Tureck, Luciane Viater ^a   Wowk, Pryscilla Fanini ^a   Mattar, Sibelle Botogosque ^a   Gelmini, Georgia Fernanda ^a   Magalhães, João Carlos Marques ^a   Bicalho, Maria da Graça ^a   Roxo, Valéria Maria Munhoz Sperandio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA E ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; BRAZIL; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84872608556     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2012.10.020     Document Type: Article

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