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Null allele frequencies at HLA-G locus in Iranian healthy subjects.
Iranian journal of immunology : IJI - 1 Dec 2008
Rahimi Roghayeh, Zavaran Hosseini Ahmad, Yari Fatemeh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HLA-G gene contains 15 alleles including a null allele, HLA-G*0105N. Previous studies have shown that HLA-G*0105N does not encode the complete HLA-G1 or HLA-G5 isoforms but encodes a functional HLA-G protein with the ability to inhibit NK cell cytolysis. Thus, although the biological...
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