New family of Mhc class II A genes identified from cDNA sequences in the cichlid fish Aulonocara hansbaenschi

Immunogenetics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 544-548

  Murray, Brent W ^a   Sültmann, Holger ^a   Klein, Jan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Class II A; Evolution; Fish; Mhc

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENE ISOLATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AULONOCARA HANSBAENSCHI;

EID: 0032923466     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050533     Document Type: Article

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