Polymorphisms of the equine major histocompatibility complex II DRA locus

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-179

  Brown, J J ^a,b   Thomson, W ^b   Clegg, P ^a   Eyre, S ^b   Kennedy, L J ^b   Matthews, J ^a   Carter, S ^a   Ollier, W E R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DRA; ELA; Horse; Major histocompatibility complex; RSCA

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BREED; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS BOEHM; EQUUS CABALLUS; EQUUS HEMIONUS; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EQUIDAE; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; EQUUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 3242811904     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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