Characterization of a divergent non-classical MHC class I gene in sharks

Immunogenetics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-61

  Wang, Carren ^a   Perera, Thushara V ^a   Ford, Heide L ^b   Dascher, Christopher C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Elasmobranch; Evolution; MHC class I; Shark

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOGFISH; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAMMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHARK; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPLEEN; VERTEBRATE;

CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; SPINY; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038627562     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-003-0542-4     Document Type: Article

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