Article
Mhc-E polymorphism in Pongidae primates: the same allele is found in two different species.
Tissue antigens - 1 Dec 1997
Suárez B, Morales P, Castro M J, Fernández-Soria V, Recio M J, Pérez-Blas M, Alvarez M, Díaz-Campos N, Arnaiz-Villena A
Abstract excerpt
Mhc-E intron 1, exon 2, intron 2, and exon 3 from pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus), chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) and orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) have been sequenced; six new Mhc-E alleles have been obtained but sequence changes are only placed either in introns or in syno...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line, Transformed
- DNA, Complementary
- Gorilla gorilla
- HLA Antigens
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Hominidae
- Humans
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pan paniscus
- Pan troglodytes
- Phylogeny
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Pongo pygmaeus
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid