Axolotl MHC class II β chain: Predominance of one allele and alternative splicing of the β1 domain

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 506-515

  Laurens, Véronique ^a,c   Chapusot, Caroline ^a   Ordonez, Maria Del Rosario ^a   Bentrari, Fatima ^a   Padros, Maria Rosa ^a   Tournefier, Annick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c Groupe d'Immunologie Comparée   (France)

Author keywords

CDNA; Comparative immunology; Evolution; MHC; Urodele

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOPROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; RNA;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INBRED STRAIN; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SALAMANDER; SPLEEN; THYMOCYTE;

ALLELES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMBYSTOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035101143     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200102)31:2<506::AID-IMMU506>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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