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Characterization of the major histocompatibility complex class II DQB (MhcMamu-DQB1) alleles in a cohort of Chinese rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
Human immunology - 1 Aug 2008
Qiu Chen-Li, Yang Gui-Bo, Yu Kai, Li Yue, Li Xiao-Li, Liu Qiang, Zhao Hui, Xing Hui, Shao Yiming
Abstract excerpt
Rhesus macaques have long been used in animal models for various human diseases, the susceptibility and/or resistance to some of which have been associated with the major histocompatibilty complex (MHC). To gain insight into the MHC background and to facilitate the experimental use of Chinese rhesus macaques, the second exon of MhcMamu-DQB1 genes in 105 rhesus macaques were characterized by cloning and...
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