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Allelic diversity within the high frequency Mamu-A2*05/Mane-A2*05 (Mane-A*06)/Mafa-A2*05 family of macaque MHC-A loci.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jul 2008
Wu J, Bassinger S, Montoya G D, Chavez L, Jones C E, Holder-Lockyer B, Masten B, Williams T M, Prilliman K R
Abstract excerpt
Macaque species serve as important animal models of human infection and immunity. To more fully scrutinize their potential in both the analysis of disease pathogenesis and vaccine development, it is necessary to characterize the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I loci of Macaca mulatta (Mamu), Macaca nemestrina (Mane), and Macaca fascicularis (Mafa) at the genomic level. The oligomorphic...
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