Primordial linkage of β2-Microglobulin to the MHC

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3563-3571

  Ohta, Yuko ^a   Shiina, Takashi ^b   Lohr, Rebecca L ^a   Hosomichi, Kazuyoshi ^b,c   Pollin, Toni I ^a   Heist, Edward J ^d   Suzuki, Shingo ^b   Inoko, Hidetoshi ^b   Flajnik, Martin F ^a  

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

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN GENE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECAMBRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING3 GENE; SHARK; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DOGS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPOSSUMS; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SHARKS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 79953227690     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003933     Document Type: Article

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