Structure of MHC class I and class II cDNAs and possible immunodeficiency linked to class II expression in the Mexican axolotl

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 259-277

  Tournefier, A ^a   Laurens, V ^a   Chapusot, C ^a   Ducoroy, P ^a   Padros, M R ^b   Salvadori, F ^a   Sammut, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AMBYSTOMA; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032446698     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01268.x     Document Type: Review

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