Gene map of the extended human MHC

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 889-899

  Horton, Roger ^a   Wilming, Laurens ^a   Rand, Vikki ^a   Lovering, Ruth C ^b   Bruford, Elspeth A ^b   Khodiyar, Varsha K ^b   Lush, Michael J ^b   Povey, Sue ^b   Talbot Jr , C Conover ^c   Wright, Mathew W ^b   Wain, Hester M ^b   Trowsdale, John ^d   Ziegler, Andreas ^e   Beck, Stephan ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MHC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VERTEBRATE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, TRANSFER;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9444295337     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1489     Document Type: Review

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