Nucleotide sequences of MHC class I introns 1, 2, and 3 in humans and intron 2 in nonhuman primates

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 498-511

  Cereb, N ^a   Kong, Y ^a   Lee, S ^a   Maye, P ^a   Yang, S Y ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Intron; MHC class I gene; Primate

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0029882878     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1996.tb02592.x     Document Type: Article

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