Allelic diversity of the MHC class II DRB genes in brown bears (Ursus arctos) and a comparison of DRB sequences within the family Ursidae

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 404-410

  Goda, N ^a   Mano, T ^b   Kosintsev, P ^c   Vorobiev, A ^c   Masuda, R ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Allelic diversity; DRB; Major histocompatibility complex; Molecular evolution; Ursidae; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; JAPAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPECIES;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA; TREMARCTOS; URSIDAE; URSUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 78649373375     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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