Identification of Class I Genes in Cartilaginous Fish, the Most Ancient Group of Vertebrates Displaying an Adaptive Immune Response

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 6097-6104

  Bartl, Simona ^a   Baish, Meredith A ^a   Flajnik, Martin F ^b   Ohta, Yuko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHARK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARPS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHARKS;

EID: 0031573596     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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