Characterization of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) DRB exon 2 and DRA exon 3 fragments in a primary terrestrial rabies vector (Procyon lotor)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Castillo, Sarrah ^a   Srithayakumar, Vythegi ^a   Meunier, Vanessa ^a   Kyle, Christopher J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA-DRA;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOON; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RABIES;

PARVOVIRUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RABIES VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DISEASE VECTORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENETIC LOCI; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RACCOONS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77957811315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012066     Document Type: Article

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