Structure and organization of pig MHC class II DRB genes: Evidence for genetic exchange between loci

Immunogenetics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Brunsberg, Ulrica ^a   Edfors Lilja, Inger ^b   Andersson, Leif ^b   Gustafsson, Kenth ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE;

EID: 0029875373     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02602651     Document Type: Article

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