Complete sequence and gene map of a human major histocompatibility complex

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6756, 1999, Pages 921-923

  Beck, S ^a   Geraghty, D ^b   Inoko, H ^c   Rowen, L ^d   Aguado, B ^a   Bahram, S ^e   Campbell, R D ^a   Forbes, S A ^f   Guillaudeux, T ^b   Hood, L ^d   Horton, R ^a   Janer, M ^b   Jasoni, C ^b   Madan, A ^d   Milne, S ^a   Neville, M ^a   Oka, A ^c   Qin, S ^d   Ribas Despuig, G ^a   Rogers, J ^a   Shiina, T ^c   Spies, T ^b   Tamiya, G ^c   Tashiro, H ^g   Trowsdale, J ^f   Vu, Q ^b   Williams, L ^b   Yamazaki, M ^g   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Centre de Recherche D'Immunologie et D'Hematologie   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g Fujiya Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344721480     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/44853     Document Type: Article

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