Mhc-E polymorphism in Pongidae primates: The same allele is found in two different species

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 695-698

  Suarez B ^a   Morales, P ^a   Castro, M J ^a   Fernandez Soria V ^a   Reclo, M J ^a   Perez Blas M ^a   Alvarez, M ^a   Diaz Campos N ^a   Arnaiz Villena, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Gorilla; Mhc E; Orangutan; Pongidae

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GORILLA; INTRON; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECINAE; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PANISCUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0031440935     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02938.x     Document Type: Article

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