An evolutionary approach to major histocompatibility diversity based on allele supertypes

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 933-937

  Naugler, Christopher ^a   Liwski, Robert ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; HELPER CELL; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ALLELES; EPITOPES; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 40849098908     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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