Evolution of MHC-DRB class II polymorphism in the genus Apodemus and a comparison of DRB sequences within the family Muridae (Mammalia: Rodentia)

Immunogenetics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 420-426

  Musolf, Kerstin ^a,b   Meyer Lucht, Yvonne ^a   Sommer, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allelic diversity; Apodemus; MHC; Muridae; Trans species evolution

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GERMANY; MOUSE; MURIDAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SWITZERLAND; SYMPATRY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; MURIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 5344277488     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0715-9     Document Type: Article

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