Article
HLA-DPB1 polymorphism in seven South American Indian tribes in Colombia.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 1996
Briceno I, Gomez A, Bernal J E, Papiha S S
Abstract excerpt
HLA-DPB1 allele frequencies were investigated in seven geographically and linguistically distinct Amerindian tribes of Colombia. Allele *1301 was found only in the Embera tribe living along the Pacific coast, while allele *0101 was found only in two individuals of the Wayuu tribe inhabiting the G...
Topics
- Alleles
- Colombia
- Ethnicity
- HLA-DP Antigens
- HLA-DP beta-Chains
- Humans
- Indians, South American
- Polymorphism, Genetic
