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Thirteen novel canine dog leukocyte antigen-88 alleles identified by sequence-based typing.
HLA - 1 Sept 2017
Venkataraman G M, Kennedy L J, Little M-T E, Graves S S, Harkey M A, Torok-Storb B J, Storb R
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes in mammals include highly polymorphic class I and class II genes that are critical for donor-recipient matching for transplantation. Dogs have served as an effective, directly translatable model for stem/progenitor cell transplantation. Previous analyses of MHC class I genes in dogs point to a single highly polymorphic gene, dog leukocyte antigen (DLA)-88, as an...
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