Isolation of Mhc class I cDNAs from the axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum

Immunogenetics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 285-294

  Sammut, Bénédicte ^a   Laurens, Véronique ^a   Tournefier, Annick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AMBYSTOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; MAMMALIA; RUMEX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031046439     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050207     Document Type: Article

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