Mhc class I genes of the cichlid fish Oreochromis niloticus

Immunogenetics

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 917-928

  Sato, Akie ^a,b   Dongak, Roman ^b   Hao, Li ^c   Takezaki, Naoko ^b,d   Shintani, Seikou ^b,e   Aoki, Takashi ^f   Klein, Jan ^b,c  

^a TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cichlid fish; Class I genes; Major histocompatibility complex; Mhc; Oreochromis niloticus

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AFRICA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33751353776     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-006-0151-0     Document Type: Article

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