Characterization of a harbor seal class I major histocompatability complex cDNA clone

Immunogenetics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 422-424

  Zhong, Jiang F ^a   Harvey, James T ^b   Boothby, John T ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Harbor seal; MHC; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEALS, EARLESS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031786949     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050456     Document Type: Article

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