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Diversity and selection of MHC class I genes in the vulnerable Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Wang Zeng, Zhou Xiaoping, Lin Qingxian, Fang Wenzhen, Chen Xiaolin
Abstract excerpt
The genes of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are important to vertebrate immune system. In this study, two new MHC class I genes, designated as Egeu-UAA and Egeu-UBA, were discovered in the vulnerable Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes). Using a full length DNA and cDNA produced by PCR and RACE methods, these two MHC class I loci were characterized in the genome of the Chinese egret and were also found to...
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