Comparison between two human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)-rich regions within the major histocompatibility complex

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 675-683

  Kulski, Jerzy K ^a   Gaudieri, Silvana ^a,b   Inoko, Hidetoshi ^c   Dawkins, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duplications; Human endogenous retrovirus; Major histocompatibility complex; Multicopy genes

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HUMAN GENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; RETROVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; GENE DOSAGE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0033000996     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006511     Document Type: Article

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