Analysis of the genomic region containing the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) orthologues of MHC class III genes

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 110-117

  Cross, J G R ^a,d   Harrison, G A ^b   Coggill, P ^c   Sims, S ^c   Beck, S ^c   Deakin, J E ^a   Marshall Graves, J A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOTOXIN; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENOME; HUMANS; MACROPODIDAE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 23844458238     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086379     Document Type: Article

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