Conservation of MHC class II DOA sequences among carnivores

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-286

  Soll, S J ^a   Stewart, B S ^b   Lehman, N ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Carnivore; Class II; DOA; MHC; Phocid Pinniped; Seals

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; DOA GENE; ELEPHANT; FELIDAE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEAL;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CARNIVORA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HLA-D ANTIGENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

CANIS LATRANS; ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 14844314502     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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