The MHC-E locus is the most well conserved of all known primate class I histocompatibility genes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 189-196

  Knapp, Leslie A ^a,c   Cadavid, Luis F ^a   Watkins, David I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031930272     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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