Expressed MHC class II genes in sea otters (Enhydra lutris) from geographically disparate populations

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 402-408

  Bowen, L ^a,b   Aldridge, B M ^c   Miles, A K ^a   Stott, J L ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Declining population; Enhydra lutris; MHC; Sea otter

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HLA DQA GENE; HLA DQB GENE; HLA DRA GENE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LEUKOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OTTERS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; WASHINGTON;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE;

EID: 33646536538     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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