Conservation and diversification of MHC class I and its related molecules in vertebrates

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 167, Issue , 1999, Pages 81-100

  Hashimoto, Keiichiro ^a   Okamura, Kazuhiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Hisateru ^a   Ototake, Mitsuru ^b   Nakanishi, Teruyuki ^b   Kurosawa, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHARK; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032923842     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01384.x     Document Type: Review

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