Functional epistasis on a common MHC haplotype associated with multiple sclerosis.
Genes in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) encode proteins important in activating antigen-specific immune responses. Alleles at adjacent MHC loci are often in strong linkage disequilibrium; however, little is known about the mechanisms responsible for this linkage disequilibrium. Here we r...
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格式: | Journal article |
語言: | English |
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2006
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