Characterisation of the human central MHC gene, BAT1: Genomic structure and expression

Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-106

  Allcock, Richard J N ^a,b   Price, Patricia ^b   Gaudieri, Silvana ^a   Leelayuwat, Chanvit ^a   Witt, Campbell S ^b   Dawkins, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

BAT1; Central MHC; D6S81E; DEAD proteins; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HLA A1 ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B8 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR7 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER CELL; MACROPHAGE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4A; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRONS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA HELICASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032963244     PISSN: 02549670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000019100     Document Type: Article

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