Evolution of HLA class II molecules: Allelic and amino acid site variability across populations

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1999

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Salamon, H
Klitz, William
Easteal, Simon
Gao, Xiaojiang
Fernandez-Vina, M
Trachtenberg, Elizabeth
McWeeney, Shannon
Nelson, Mark
Thomson, Gleys

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Genetics Society of America

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Analysis of the highly polymorphic β1 domains of the HLA class II molecules encoded by the DRB1, DQB1, and DPB1 loci reveals contrasting levels of diversity at the allele and amino acid site levels. Statistics of allele frequency distributions, based on

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Keywords: cd45 antigen; allele; amino acid sequence; article; ethnic difference; gene frequency; genetic polymorphism; genetic selection; genetic variability; homozygosity; human; major clinical study; molecular evolution; priority journal; protein domain; Alleles;

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