Identification of the Rhesus Monkey HLA-G Ortholog: Mamu-G is a Pseudogene

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5428-5437

  Boyson, Jonathan E ^a,b   Iwanaga, Kristen K ^a   Golos, Thaddeus G ^a   Watkins, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA G ANTIGEN; HLA-G ANTIGEN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MACACA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030589295     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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