Xenopus class II A genes: Studies of genetics, polymorphism, and expression

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 735-750

  Liu, Yu ^a   Kasahara, Masanori ^b   Rumfelt, Lynn L ^a   Flajnik, Martin F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Diploidization; Major histocompatibility complex class II A genes; Unusual mRNA splicing patterns; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; INTESTINE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPLEEN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036823454     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(02)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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