HaplXotype characterization of transcribed ovine major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 499-509

  Miltiadou, Despoina ^a   Ballingall, Keith T ^a   Ellis, Shirley A ^b   Russell, George C ^a   McKeever, Declan J ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class I; Haplotype; Major histocompatibility complex (MHC); Ovine; Sequence specific primer polymerase chain reaction (SSP PCR); Single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP)

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; VACCINE PRODUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BOVINAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 25844442363     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-005-0008-y     Document Type: Article

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