The distribution of variation in regulatory gene segments, as present in MHC class II promoters

Genome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 124-134

  Cowell, Lindsay G ^a,b   Kepler, Thomas B ^b   Janitz, Michael ^a   Lauster, Roland ^a   Mitchison, N Avrion ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTROPY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE;

EID: 0031909908     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.8.2.124     Document Type: Article

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