Expressed major histocompatibility complex class II loci in fishes

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 294-300

  McConnell, Thomas J ^a   Godwin, Ulla B ^a   Cuthbertson, Brandon J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FISH; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; INTRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0032415102     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01270.x     Document Type: Article

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