Sequence variation and gene duplication at MHC DQB loci of Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer), a Chinese river dolphin

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 310-317

  Yang, G ^a   Yan, J ^a   Zhou, K ^a   Wei, F ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CETACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXON; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHINA; DOLPHINS; GENE DUPLICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; LIPOTES VEXILLIFER; MONODON MONOCEROS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 25844521202     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esi055     Document Type: Article

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