Comparative genome organization of human, murine, and feline MHC class II region

Genome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6 A, 2003, Pages 1169-1179

  Yuhki, Naoya ^a   Beck, Thomas ^b   Stephens, Robert M ^b   Nishigaki, Yoko ^b   Newmann, Kymberly ^a   O'Brien, Stephen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CAT; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; CATS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; SYNTENY;

CATUS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038643459     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.976103     Document Type: Article

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