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Nomenclature for factors of the Dog Major Histocompatibility System (DLA), 1998: first report of the ISAG DLA Nomenclature Committee
Author(s) -
Kennedy L J,
Altet L,
Angles J M,
Barnes A,
Carter S D,
Francino O,
Gerlach J A,
Happ G M,
Ollier W E R,
Polvi A,
Thomson W,
Wagner J L
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
animal genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0268-9146
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2000.00492.x
Subject(s) - nomenclature , gene nomenclature , biology , allele , genetics , histocompatibility , gene , human leukocyte antigen , taxonomy (biology) , zoology , antigen
Summary A Nomenclature committee for Factors of the Dog Major Histocompatibility System or Dog Leukocyte Antigen (DLA) has been convened under the auspices of the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) to define a sequence based nomenclature for the genes of the DLA system. The remit of this committee includes:• assignment of gene names • rules for naming alleles • assignment of names to published alleles • assignment of names to new alleles • rules for acceptance of new alleles