Is a mutator analogous to the Ig hypermutator of the sheep ileal Peyer's patch active on MHC class I genes in the germ line?

Immunogenetics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 462-472

  Guethlein, Lisbeth A ^a,b   Howard, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene conversion; HLA genes; IgV genes; Sheep ileal peyer's patch

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; ILEUM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; PEPTIDES; PEYER'S PATCHES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SHEEP;

EID: 0034118368     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050645     Document Type: Article

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