PCR-based isolation of multigene families: Lessons from the avian MHC class IIB

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 778-788

  Burri, R ^a,b   Promerova M ^b,c   Goebel, J ^a   Fumagalli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Birds; Major histocompatibility complex; Multigene families; PCR bias

Indexed keywords

AVES;

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA PRIMERS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84902304355     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12234     Document Type: Article

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