Cloning and characterization of Xenopus β2-microglobulin

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 723-732

  Stewart, Rebecca ^a   Ohta, Yuko ^b   Minter, Ralph R ^a   Gibbons, Terry ^a   Horton, Trudy L ^a   Ritchie, Pamela ^a   Horton, John D ^a   Flajnik, Martin F ^b   Watson, Martin D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; cDNA; MHC Class I; Xenopus; 2 microglobulin

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; INTESTINE; KIDNEY CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLEEN; TETRAPLOIDY; THYMOMA; THYMUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 18044366972     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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