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Sequence-based typing of major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A alleles by use of exons 2-5 information.
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 2011
Fürst D, Solgi G, Recker K, Mytilineos D, Schrezenmeier H, Mytilineos J
Abstract excerpt
The polymorphic MICA (major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A) (Gene ID: 100507436) gene products are a ligand of the activating natural killer cell receptor, NKG2D. Their clinical importance spans from solid organ transplantation to bone marrow transplantation and disease susceptibility. Typing of MICA genes by sequencing is hampered by an exon 5 short tandem repeat, the definition of which...
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