A genome-wide survey of Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes and their paralogues in zebrafish

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sambrook, Jennifer G ^a   Figueroa, Felipe ^b   Beck, Stephan ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME 19; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AVES; DANIO RERIO; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOFTWARE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 27844495743     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-152     Document Type: Article

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