The central region of the major histocompatibility complex contains a sequence with similarity to the pol gene of Moloney retroviruses

Immunogenetics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-158

  Gaudieri, Silvana ^a   Kulski, Jerzy K ^a   Dawkins, Roger L ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FLUORESCENT DYE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLONEY LEUKEMIA ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 0029992073     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02660066     Document Type: Article

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