Frequency of the major histocompatibility complex Mamu-A*01 allele in a closed breeding colony of rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) from Brazil

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-41

  Andrade, Márcia Cristina Ribeiro ^a   Leite, José Paulo Gagliardi ^a   Cabello, Pedro Hernan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Mamu A*01; Rhesus macaques

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PROTEIN MAMU A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; MACACA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; MACACA MULATTA; MALE;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MACACA MULATTA; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 58549084005     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2008.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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