Assignment of the giant panda MHC class II gene cluster to chromosome 9q by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Zeng, C J ^a,b   Yu, J Q ^a,c   Pan, H J ^a,b   Wan, Q H ^a,b   Fang, S G ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c State Conservation Center for Gene Resources of Endangered Wildlife   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 20944431860     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084222     Document Type: Article

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