A high frequency of Mamu-A(*)01 in the rhesus macaque detected by polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers and direct sequencing

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 657-661

  Knapp, L A ^a   Lehmann, E ^a   Piekarczyk, M S ^a   Urvater, J A ^a   Watkins, D I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct sequencing; DNA typing; HIV; MHC class I; PCR SSP; Rhesus macaque; SIV

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

AIDS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; SIMIAE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0031452947     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02927.x     Document Type: Article

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