Susceptibility of amphibians to chytridiomycosis is associated with MHC class II conformation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1805, 2015, Pages

  Bataille, Arnaud ^a   Cashins, Scott D ^b   Grogan, Laura ^b   Skerratt, Lee F ^b   Hunter, David ^c   McFadden, Michael ^d   Scheele, Benjamin ^e   Brannelly, Laura A ^b   Macris, Amy ^e   Harlow, Peter S ^d   Bell, Sara ^b   Berger, Lee ^b   Waldman, Bruce ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d TARONGA CONSERVATION SOCIETY AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Disease resistance; Emerging infectious disease; Major histocompatibility complex; Peptide binding domain; Pocket residue

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGUS; GENETIC MARKER; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INOCULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; PATHOGEN; PEPTIDE; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; HYLIDAE;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANURA; CHEMISTRY; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VETERINARY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84942380023     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.3127     Document Type: Article

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