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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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National Taiwan University
2008-03-01
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Series: | Taiwania |
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Online Access: | http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=703 |