Worldwide HLA-E nucleotide and haplotype variability reveals a conserved gene for coding and 3′ untranslated regions

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 82-93

  Felicio L P ^a   Porto, I O P ^a   Mendes Junior, C T ^b   Veiga Castelli, L C ^b   Santos, K E ^a   Vianello Brondani, R P ^c   Sabbagh, A ^d,e   Moreau, P ^f,g   Donadi, E A ^b   Castelli, E C ^h  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA ARROZ E FEIJÃO   (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

Haplotypes; Human leukocyte antigen E; Lineages; Natural selection; Variability

Indexed keywords

HLA E ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STABILITY;

HAPLOTYPES; HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN-E; LINEAGES; NATURAL SELECTION; VARIABILITY;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENETIC SPECIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84892983707     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tan.12283     Document Type: Article

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