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The major histocompatibility complex in Old World camelids and low polymorphism of its class II genes

BACKGROUND: The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) is a genomic region containing genes with crucial roles in immune responses. MHC class I and class II genes encode antigen-presenting molecules expressed on the cell surface. To counteract the high variability of pathogens, the MHC evolved into...

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Autores principales: Plasil, Martin, Mohandesan, Elmira, Fitak, Robert R., Musilova, Petra, Kubickova, Svatava, Burger, Pamela A., Horin, Petr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26931144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2500-1