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The impact of MHC diversity on cattle T cell responses.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology - 15 Jul 2012
Ellis Shirley A, Codner Gemma
Abstract excerpt
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes play a key role in immunity to infectious pathogens. Their high level of diversity is a functionally important characteristic. In cattle our knowledge of MHC diversity and the functional distinction between genes is limited. Recent studies in commercially important dairy cattle populations reveal that MHC class I diversity is relatively low, although it does not appear...
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