Characterization and phylogenetic relationship of prosimian MHC class I genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 768-775

  Flügge, Perris ^a,b   Zimmermann, Elke ^b   Hughes, Austin L ^c   Günther, Eberhard ^a   Walter, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class I genes; MHC; Nonhuman primates; Strepsirrhini

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PLASMID DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CATARRHINI; CERCOPITHECIDAE; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIFORMES; LORIS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; NYCTICEBUS PYGMAEUS; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 18744401060     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2372-7     Document Type: Article

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