Sequence Variation of MHC Class II DQB Gene in Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) from Taiwanese Waters

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a large multigene coding for glycoproteins that play a key role in the initiation of immune responses in vertebrates. For a better understanding of the immunologic diversity in thriving marine mammal species, the sequence variation of the exon 2 region o...

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Main Authors: Wei-Cheng Yang, Jer-Ming Hu, Lien-Siang Chou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Taiwan University 2008-03-01
Series:Taiwania
Subjects:
DQB
Online Access:http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=703