Molecular cloning and characterization of the polymorphic MHC class II DBB from the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Immunogenetics

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 791-795

  Browning, Teena L ^a,b   Belov, Katherine ^b   Miller, Robert D ^c   Eldridge, Mark D B ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DBB; Macropod; Marsupial; MHC class II; Tammar wallaby

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPLEEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MACROPODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ANIMALIA; MACROPUS; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 1542299150     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0644-7     Document Type: Article

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