Characteristics of MHC class i genes in house sparrows passer domesticus as revealed by long cDNA transcripts and amplicon sequencing

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 8-21

  Karlsson, Maria ^a   Westerdahl, Helena ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amplicon 454 sequencing; cDNA; House sparrow; Linkage; MHC class I

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE ORDER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPARROW;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENE ORDER; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPARROWS;

EID: 84883777816     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-013-9575-y     Document Type: Article

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