Analysis of part of the chicken Rfp-Y region reveals two novel lectin genes, the first complete genomic sequence of a class I α-chain gene, a truncated class II β-chain gene, and a large CR1 repeat

Immunogenetics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-108

  Rogers, Sally ^a   Shaw, Iain ^a,b   Ross, Norman ^a   Nair, Venugopal ^a   Rothwell, Lisa ^a   Kaufman, Jim ^a   Kaiser, Pete ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chicken; Class I; Class II; Lectin; Rfp Y

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LECTIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2B; PROTEIN RFP Y; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CHICKEN; FIBROBLAST; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROCHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037793273     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-003-0553-1     Document Type: Article

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