The gene conversion hypothesis of MHC evolution: A review

Immunogenetics

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 168-200

  Martinsohn, Jann Th ^a   Sousa, Ana B ^a   Guethlein, Lisbeth A ^a,b   Howard, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutation rates; Evolution of gene families; Histocompatibility mutants; Homologous recombination; Host pathogen interaction

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033398582     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050593     Document Type: Review

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