Paucity of class I MHC gene heterogeneity between individuals in the endangered Hawaiian monk seal population

Immunogenetics

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 203-215

  Aldridge, Brian M ^a,b,c   Bowen, Lizabeth ^b   Smith, Brett R ^b   Antonelis, George A ^d   Gulland, Frances ^c   Stott, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Hawaiian monk seal; Immunogenetics; Immunology; Major histocompatibility complex

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLONE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEAL; UNITED STATES;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEALS, EARLESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MONACHUS; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI;

EID: 33645451300     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-005-0069-y     Document Type: Article

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