Sequence organisation of the class II region of the human MHC

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 167, Issue , 1999, Pages 201-210

  Beck, Stephan ^a   Trowsdale, John ^b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032901048     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01393.x     Document Type: Review

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