Multiple class I loci expressed by the quail Mhc

Immunogenetics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 456-460

  Shiina, Takashi ^a   Oka, Akira ^a   Imanishi, Tadashi ^c   Hanzawa, Kei ^b   Gojobori, Takashi ^c   Watanabe, Seiki ^b   Inoko, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigen processing; Cell surface molecules; Class I antigens; Evolution; Mhc

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COTURNIX; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032923233     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050519     Document Type: Article

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