Polymorphism and transcription of Mhc class I genes in a passerine bird, the great reed warbler

Immunogenetics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 158-170

  Westerdahl, H ^a   von Schantz, Torbjörn ^a   Wittzell, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Great reed warbler; Mhc class I genes; Passeriformes; Polymorphism; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DELETION MUTANT; DNA LIBRARY; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOGENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENOME; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SONGBIRDS;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PASSERIFORMES; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0032924822     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050477     Document Type: Article

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