Complementary DNA sequences encoding the rat MHC class II RT1-B u and RT1-Du α and β chains

Immunogenetics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 344-350

  Easterfield, Alistair J ^a   Bradley, J Andrew ^a   Bolton, Eleanor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class II MHC sequence; Cloning; Rat; RT1u haplotype

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042330051     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-003-0584-7     Document Type: Article

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