Limited Diversity in the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Loci of Syrian Hamster DNA

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 679-681

  Hixon, Michelle L ^a   Lewis Jr , Andrew M ^a,c   Levine, Arthur S ^b   Chattopadhyay, Sisir K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAMSTER; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DNA; GENES, MHC CLASS II; MESOCRICETUS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030331768     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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