Effect of gene conversion on polymorphic patterns at major histocompatibility complex loci

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 167, Issue , 1999, Pages 319-325

  Ohta, Tomoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

EID: 0032899620     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01401.x     Document Type: Review

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