Rapid allelic diversification and intensified selection at antigen recognition sites of the Mhc class II DPB1 locus during hominoid evolution

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 212-221

  Gyllensten, U ^a   Bergstrom T ^a   Josefsson, A ^a   Sundvall, M ^a   Erlich, H A ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Class II HLA DP; Gorillas; Hominoids; Polymerase chain reaction; Pygmy chimpanzee

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GORILLA; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EPITOPES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GORILLA GORILLA; HLA-DP ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0029921170     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1996.tb02543.x     Document Type: Article

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