Complementary DNA sequences encoding the multimammate rat MHC class II DQ α and β chains and cross-species sequence comparison in rodents

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-237

  Gouy De Bellocq J ^a   Leirs, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DQ; Major histocompatibility complex class II; Multimammate rat; Muridae; RACE

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MASTOMYS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RATS; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 68249083320     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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