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Human MHC class III and IV genes and disease associations.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 Aug 2001
Gruen J R, Weissman S M
Abstract excerpt
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) was initially defined as the genetic locus encoding the Class I and Class II highly polymorphic cell surface antigens that are now known to present antigen to matched sets of T cell receptors. Genes for several diverse complement components, specifically Bf, C2, and C4 were found between the Class I and II genes, in a region later dubbed Class III. More recently, several...
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