Insight into the primordial MHC from studies in ectothermic vertebrates

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 167, Issue , 1999, Pages 59-67

  Flajnik, Martin F ^a   Ohta, Yuko ^a   Namikawa Yamada, Chisato ^b   Nonaka, Masaru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; PEPTIDE; PROTEASOME;

AMPHIBIA; CHICKEN; FISH; FROG; GENE; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHARK; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032899875     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01382.x     Document Type: Review

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