The major and a minor class II β chain (B-LB) gene flank the Tapasin gene in the B-F/B-L region of the chicken major histocompatibility complex

Immunogenetics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-147

  Jacob, Jansen P ^a   Milne, Sarah ^b   Beck, Stephan ^b   Kaufman, Jim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B locus; Chicken; Class II; Major histocompatibility complex; Tapasin

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; TAPASIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HAPLOTYPE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034013492     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050022     Document Type: Article

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