MHC class II genes in the European badger (Meles meles): Characterization, patterns of variation, and transcription analysis

Immunogenetics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-327

  Sin, Yung Wa ^a,b   Dugdale, Hannah L ^b,c   Newman, Chris ^a   MacDonald, David W ^a   Burke, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; DRB gene; Immunogenetics; Mustelid; Pathogen resistance; Trans species polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MELES MELES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSTELIDAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSTELIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84860823570     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-011-0578-9     Document Type: Article

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