A study of HLA-DPB1 phenotypes reveals DPB1*6301 in a rural population from Cameroon.

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A study of HLA-DPB1 phenotypes reveals DPB1*6301 in a rural population from Cameroon.

European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Oct 1998

Poulton K V, Kennedy L J, Ross J, Thomson W, Mbanya J C, Ollier W E

Abstract excerpt

Several recently reported HLA-DPB1 alleles have only been identified in a single family or individuals and are of unknown distribution world-wide. Many new DPB1 alleles appear to arise as a result of gene conversion-like events, which may localize variant DPB1 alleles to the population in which t...

Topics

Alleles
Cameroon
HLA-DP Antigens
HLA-DP beta-Chains
Humans
Phenotype
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rural Population

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