Molecular clock and recombination in primate Mhc genes

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 167, Issue , 1999, Pages 367-379

  Satta, Yoko ^a   Kupfermann, Heike ^b   Li, Yi Ju ^a   Takahata, Naoyuki ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALPHA HELIX; CODON; DEMOGRAPHY; EXON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032899150     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01405.x     Document Type: Review

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