Recombination and the origin of sequence diversity in the DRB MHC class II locus in chamois (Rupicapra spp.)

Immunogenetics

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 108-115

  Schaschl, Helmut ^a,e   Suchentrunk, Franz ^b   Hammer, Sabine ^c   Goodman, Simon J ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allelic polymorphism; Chamois; MHC class II diversity; Recombination

Indexed keywords

HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS II; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RUPICAPRA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CAPRINAE; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA PYRENAICA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 17844384852     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-005-0784-4     Document Type: Article

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