Primate DRB6 gene expression and evolution: A study in Macaca mulatta and Cercopithecus aethiops

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 222-227

  Paz Artal, E ^a   Corell, A ^a   Varela, P ^a   Martinez Laso, J ^a   Gomez Casado, E ^a   Fernandez Soria, V M ^a   Moreno, M A ^a   Arnaiz Villena, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

DRB6; Evolution

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; HLA DR6 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLOTYPE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOP CODON;

EID: 0030000472     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1996.tb02544.x     Document Type: Article

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