Characterization of MHC class II genes from an ancient reptile lineage, Sphenodon (tuatara)

Immunogenetics

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 883-891

  Miller, Hilary C ^a   Belov, Katherine ^b,c   Daugherty, Charles H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; MHC class II; Non classical; Reptile; Sphenodon

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPHENODON; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS II; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 29144440320     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-005-0055-4     Document Type: Article

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