Remarkable conservation of distinct nonclassical MHC class I lineages in divergent amphibian species

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 372-381

  Goyos, Ana ^a   Sowa, Jessica ^a   Ohta, Yuko ^b   Robert, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINEAGE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOGENIC LINEAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SILURANA TROPICALIS; SNC10 GENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; XENOPODINAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XNC10 GENE;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MAMMALS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RANA PIPIENS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79251574130     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001467     Document Type: Article

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