Characterization of the major histocompatibility complex class II genes in miiuy croaker

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Xu, Tianjun ^a   Sun, Yuena ^a   Shi, Ge ^a   Cheng, Yuanzhi ^a   Wang, Rixin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX CLASS II GENE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX CLASS IIA GENE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX CLASS IIB GENE; MAMMAL; MIICHTHY MIIUY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TELEOST; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERCIFORMES;

MAMMALIA; MIICHTHYS MIIUY; TELEOSTEI;

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EXONS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCIFORMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 80052075391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023823     Document Type: Article

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