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Molecular Biology and Evolution of Blood Group and MHC Antigens in Primates

By PhD , Colin P. Groves (auth.) , Antoine Blancher MD , Jan Klein PhD , Wladyslaw Socha MD (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1997
ISBN
978-3-642-63843-5, 978-3-642-59086-3
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-59086-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18884878 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
570\577
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Immunology; Molecular Medicine

Description

The book provides up-to-date summaries on the main systems of blood group antigens and MHC molecules in nonhuman primates. For each system, the human antigens are described and used as a reference for comparison with their counterparts in apes and monkeys. The emphasis is on the molecular structure of the gene products, the evolutionary pathways and presumed mechanisms by which the systems have evolved. All articles are written in such a way that they can serve as an introduction to the field for nonexperts and, at the same time, as a handbook for experts. Numerous tables, diagrams, and figures provide overviews of antigen structures and their distribution in different species and evolutionary relationships. Extensive reference lists guide the reader through the literature on each topic.

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