Mouse class II transactivator: cDNA sequence and amino acid comparison with the human class II transactivator

Immunogenetics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 220-222

  Sims, Tasha N ^a   Elliott, John F ^a   Ramassar, Vido ^a   Denney Jr , Dan W ^a   Halloran, Philip F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0031019094     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050193     Document Type: Article

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