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Population study of allelic diversity in the human MHC class I-related MIC-A gene.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jul 1999
Petersdorf E W, Shuler K B, Longton G M, Spies T, Hansen J A
Abstract excerpt
The polymorphism of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I HLA-A, -B, and -C molecules may have evolved through pathogen-driven selection of alleles with diverse peptide-binding specificities. Two MHC-encoded molecules that are distantly related to class I, MIC-A and MIC-B, do not function in the presentation of pathogen-derived peptides to T cells with alphabeta T-cell receptors (TCRs), but are broadly...
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