Genetic Variability in Markers of HLA-C Expression in Two Diverse South African Populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Gentle, Nikki L ^a,b   Paximadis, Maria ^a,b   Puren, Adrian ^a,b   Tiemessen, Caroline T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA C ANTIGEN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INDEL MUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDEL MUTATION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84879812181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067780     Document Type: Article

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