MHC class IIB gene sequences and expression in quails (Coturnix japonica) selected for high and low antibody responses

Immunogenetics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 280-291

  Shimizu, Sayoko ^a,b   Shiina, Takashi ^a   Hosomichi, Kazuyoshi ^c   Takahashi, Shinji ^d   Koyama, Takumi ^e   Onodera, Takashi ^b   Kulski, Jerzy K ^a,f   Inoko, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^f MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibody production; Comparative immunology; Gene organization and expression; MHC class IIB; Quail

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE;

COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 4344630725     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0690-1     Document Type: Article

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