The MHC big bang

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 167, Issue , 1999, Pages 33-45

  Rached, L Abi ^a   McDermott, M F ^b   Pontarotti, P ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE MAPPING; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TETRAPLOIDY;

EID: 0005925821     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1999.tb01380.x     Document Type: Review

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