Histocompatibility gene mutation rates in the mouse: A 25-year review

Immunogenetics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-54

  Melvold, Roger W ^a   Wang, Kegiang ^a   Kohn, Henry I ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H2; Histocompatibility; Immunogenetics; Mouse; Mutation rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HYBRID; IMMUNOGENETICS; MONITORING; MOUSE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; H-2 ANTIGENS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031461652     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050325     Document Type: Article

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