High polymorphism of Mhc-E locus in non-human primates: Alleles with identical exon 2 and 3 are found in two different species

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-167

  Alvarez, M ^a   Martinez Laso, J ^a   Varela, P ^a   Diaz Campos, N ^a   Gomez Casado, E ^a   Vargas Alarcon, G ^a   Garcia Torre, C ^a   Arnaiz Villena, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Evolution; Gorilla; Macaque; Mhc E; Orangutan; Primate

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL CELL; APE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GORILLA; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANIMALIA; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; REPTILIA; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS;

EID: 0031053014     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02730.x     Document Type: Article

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