Positive selection on mammalian MHC-DQ genes revisited from a multispecies perspective

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 651-658

  Amills, M ^a   Ramirez O ^b   Tomas A ^a   Obexer Ruff, G ^c   Vidal, O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQA ANTIGEN; HLA DQB ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA;

EID: 57249094355     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2008.62     Document Type: Article

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