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Nomenclature report on the major histocompatibility complex genes and alleles of Great Ape, Old and New World monkey species.
Immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2012
de Groot Natasja G, Otting Nel, Robinson James, Blancher Antoine, Lafont Bernard A P, Marsh Steven G E, O'Connor David H, Shiina Takashi, Walter Lutz, Watkins David I, Bontrop Ronald E
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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a central role in the adaptive immune response. The MHC region is characterised by a high gene density, and most of these genes display considerable polymorphism. Next to humans, non-human primates (NHP) are well studied for their MHC. The present nomenclature report provides the scientific community with the latest nomenclature guidelines/rules and current...
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