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SUBMITTER: Heimbruch KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4498956 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heimbruch Katelyn E KE Karl Julie A JA Wiseman Roger W RW Dudley Dawn M DM Johnson Zach Z Kaur Amitinder A O'Connor David H DH
Immunogenetics 20150526 8
Sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) are natural SIV hosts and the presumed source of HIV-2 and SIVmac, which makes them a valuable model for HIV/SIV research. However, like other African primates, little is known about their major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genetics. In this study, we used Roche/454 and Illumina MiSeq deep sequencing in order to determine the MHC class I transcripts in a cohort of 165 sooty mangabeys from the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (YNPRC). We have character ...[more]