Insights into the ancestral organisation of the mammalian MHC class II region from the genome of the pteropid bat, Pteropus alecto

BMC Genomics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ng, Justin H J ^a,b,c   Tachedjian, Mary ^a   Wang, Lin Fa ^a,c   Baker, Michelle L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Australian black flying fox; Bat; Comparative genomics; MHC II; Pteropus alecto

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DM GENE; DO GENE; DPB PSEUDOGENE; DQ GENE; DR GENE; DRB2 GENE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS ALECTO; ANIMAL; BAT; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 85019649805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3760-0     Document Type: Article

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