Characterization of a nonclassical Class I MHC gene in a reptile, the Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Glaberman, Scott ^a   Du Pasquier, Louis ^b   Caccone, Adalgisa ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PRIMER DNA; RNA; SEA WATER;

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ARTICLE; CONOLOPHUS SUBCRISTATUS; CTENOSAURA CLARKI; CTENOSAURA DEFENSOR; CYCLURA CARINATA; CYCLURA CORNUTA; CYCLURA RILEYI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; EXON; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; IGUANA; IGUANINAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; IGUANAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA; SEAWATER;

EID: 51349106520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002859     Document Type: Article

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