The human major histocompatibility complex: Lessons from the DNA sequence

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2000, 2000, Pages 117-137

  Beck, Stephan ^a   Trowsdale, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Immunology Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; DNA sequence; HLA; MHC; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; EVOLUTION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034575122     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.1.1.117     Document Type: Article

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