Characterization of beta2-microglobulin in a primitive fish, the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri)

Immunogenetics

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 79-83

  Lundqvist, Mats L ^b   Appelkvist, Paulina ^b   Hermsen, Trudi ^a   Pilström, Lars ^b   Stet, René J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beta2 microglobulin; cDNA; Evolution; Genomic; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACIPENSER BAERII; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0009688222     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050690     Document Type: Article

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