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SUBMITTER: de Groot NG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3396756 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Groot Natasja G NG Otting Nel N Robinson James J Blancher Antoine A Lafont Bernard A P BA Marsh Steven G E SG O'Connor David H DH Shiina Takashi T Walter Lutz L Watkins David I DI Bontrop Ronald E RE
Immunogenetics 20120418 8
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a central role in the adaptive immune response. The MHC region is characterised by a high gene density, and most of these genes display considerable polymorphism. Next to humans, non-human primates (NHP) are well studied for their MHC. The present nomenclature report provides the scientific community with the latest nomenclature guidelines/rules and current implemented nomenclature revisions for Great Ape, Old and New World monkey species. All the ...[more]