Genes and Genomes: Genes, Genes and More
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Caroline M. Milner; R. Duncan Campbell
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Article
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1992
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The human major histocompatibility complex (MHC), on the short arm of chromosome 6, represents one of the most extensively characterised regions of the human genome. This -4 Mb segment of DNA contains genes encoding the polymorphic MHC class I and class I1 molecules which are involved in antigen pre