Species-specific evolution of class I MHC genes in iguanas (Order: Squamata; Subfamily: Iguaninae)

Immunogenetics

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 371-382

  Glaberman, Scott ^a   Caccone, Adalgisa ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth and death evolution; Classical; Concerted evolution; Duplication; Major histocompatibility complex; Nonclassical; Polymorphism; Reptile; Squamate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIZARD; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA ISOLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS I; IGUANAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; AVES; CONOLOPHUS SUBCRISTATUS; IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; IGUANIA; IGUANINAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 46649113515     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-008-0298-y     Document Type: Article

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