Insights on the HLA-G evolutionary history provided by a nearby alu insertion

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2423-2434

  Santos, Kaisson E ^a   Lima, Thálitta H A ^a   Felício, Leandro P ^a   Massaro, Juliana D ^b   Palomino, Gustavo M ^b   Silva, Ana Carolina A ^c   Oliveira, Silviene F ^c   Sabbagh, Audrey ^d,e   Garcia, Andre ^d,e   Moreau, Philippe ^f,g   Donadi, Eduardo A ^b   Mendes , Celso T ^b   Castelli, Erick C ^h  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^h SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3 untranslated region; AluyHG; Haplotypes; Hla g; Human evolution; Worldwide diversity

Indexed keywords

1' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 18' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 19' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 2' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 4' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 6' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 7' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 8' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 9' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AFRICA; ALU SEQUENCE; ALUY HG ELEMENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BRAZIL; CONGO; EUROPE; FRANCE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HAPLOTYPE; HLA G GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION DISPERSION; PROMOTER REGION; SENEGAL; UNTRANSLATED REGION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

3′-UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALUYHG; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-G; HUMAN EVOLUTION; WORLDWIDE DIVERSITY;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALU ELEMENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-G ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84888589093     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst142     Document Type: Article

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