Evolution of the mammalian MHC: Natural selection, recombination, and convergent evolution

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 167, Issue , 1999, Pages 45-58

  Yeager, Meredith ^a   Hughes, Austin L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEPTIDE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMAL; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0032930360     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01381.x     Document Type: Review

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