A novel Mhc-B-related processed pseudogene in two species of New World primates

Immunogenetics

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 606-609

  Wells, R Spencer ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Callicebus; Callithrix; Evolution; MHC; Primate

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALLITHRIX; CEBIDAE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HLA-B ANTIGENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

CALLICEBUS; CALLITHRIX; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034086081     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002519900143     Document Type: Article

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