Conservation of the MHC-like region throughout evolution

Immunogenetics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-148

  Danchin, Etienne G J ^a   Abi Rached, Laurent ^b   Gilles, André ^a   Pontarotti, Pierre ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Conserved syntenies; Evolution; MHC; Phylogenomics

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH;

BILATERIA; METAZOA;

EID: 0037669371     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-003-0562-0     Document Type: Article

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