Polymorphism across an exon-intron boundary in an avian Mhc class II B gene

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1599-1606

  Garrigan, Daniel ^a   Edwards, Scott V ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Balancing selection; Introns; Major histocompatibility complex; Recombination; Red winged blackbirds

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0032759475     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026072     Document Type: Article

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