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Identification of 17 novel major histocompatibility complex-A alleles in a population of Chinese-origin rhesus macaques.
Tissue antigens - 1 Feb 2009
Ma X, Tang L H, Qu L B, Ma J, Chen L
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Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) serve as important animal models for human disease and vaccine research. Although Chinese rhesus macaques are the same species as those of Indian origin, they are from a geographically separated population and possess divergent major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I A alleles. In an analysis of 65 Chinese rhesus macaques, 17 novel Mamu-A alleles were identified and...
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