Comparison of RT-BM1 sequences from six different rat major histocompatibility complex haplotypes reveals limited variation, and alternate splicing in the 3' untranslated region

Immunogenetics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 148-153

  Lau, Pierre ^a,b   Lorenzi, Roberto ^a   Joly, Etienne ^a,b  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0034015331     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050023     Document Type: Article

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