Evolution of MHC class I genes in higher primates.

doi:10.1038/icb.1996.62

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Evolution of MHC class I genes in higher primates.

Immunology and cell biology - 1 Aug 1996

Lienert K, Parham P

Abstract excerpt

The classical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes are conserved in higher primates. Motifs common to human, chimpanzee and gorilla alleles indicate that class I alleles diverged from ancestral sequences that existed before separation of these species. Analysis of native human pop...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Antigens, CD1
Base Sequence
DNA
Evolution, Molecular
Genes, MHC Class I
Gorilla gorilla
HLA-A Antigens
HLA-B Antigens
HLA-C Antigens
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Pan troglodytes
Primates

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