Gene organisation determines evolution of function in the chicken MHC

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 167, Issue , 1999, Pages 101-117

  Kaufman, Jim ^a   Jacob, Jansen ^a   Shaw, Iain ^a   Walker, Brian ^a   Milne, Sarah ^b   Beck, Stephan ^b   Salomonsen, Jan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; VACCINE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; CHICKEN; DOMINANT GENE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032898242     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01385.x     Document Type: Review

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