The novel HLA-DRB1*0807 allele is present in a Carib Amerindian population: the Yucpa.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02773.x

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The novel HLA-DRB1*0807 allele is present in a Carib Amerindian population: the Yucpa.

Tissue antigens - 1 Apr 1997

Layrisse Z, Matos M, Montagnani S, Herrera F

Abstract excerpt

Nucleotide sequences of five novel HLA-DRB1*08 alleles have been recently reported but their frequency in different populations is still unknown. The presence of DRB1*08 variants among Carib-speaking Yucpa Amerindians of the Perijá Range in the border between Colombia and Venezuela was tested by...

Topics

Alleles
Genome, Human
HLA-DR Antigens
HLA-DRB1 Chains
Humans
Indians, South American
Polymorphism, Genetic

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