Characterisation of non-classical MHC class I genes in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Immunogenetics

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 727-735

  Cheng, Yuanyuan ^a   Belov, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Class Ib; Marsupial; MHC; Non classical; Tasmanian devil

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; HLA B ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAHA CD1 GENE; SAHA MRI GENE; SAHA UD GENE; SAHA UK GENE; SAHA UM GENE; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENETIC LOCI; MARSUPIALIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84921936628     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-014-0804-3     Document Type: Article

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