Molecular cloning, polymorphism and tissue distribution of the MHC class IIB gene in the Chinese goose (Anser cygnoides)

British Poultry Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-327

  Li, Chunjin ^a   Chen, Lu ^a   Sun, Yongfeng ^a   Liang, Hongyan ^a   Yi, Kangle ^b   Sun, Yanling ^a   Ma, Yonghe ^a   Li, Xiaoyan ^b   Wu, Wei ^b   Zhou, Xu ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GOOSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GEESE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANSER; ANSER CYGNOIDES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79960270947     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2011.581270     Document Type: Article

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