Nomenclature for factors of the Dog Major Histocompatibility System (DLA), 1998: first report of the ISAG DLA Nomenclature Committee

  1. L J Kennedy1,
  2. L Altet2,
  3. J M Angles3,
  4. A Barnes4,
  5. S D Carter4,
  6. O Francino2,
  7. J A Gerlach5,
  8. G M Happ6,
  9. W E R Ollier1,
  10. A Polvi7,
  11. W Thomson1,
  12. J L Wagner8

Article first published online: 2 JAN 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2000.00492.x

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Animal Genetics

Animal Genetics

Volume 31, Issue 1, pages 52–61, January 2000

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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. and Wagner, J. L. (2000), Nomenclature for factors of the Dog Major Histocompatibility System (DLA), 1998: first report of the ISAG DLA Nomenclature Committee. Animal Genetics, 31: 52–61. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2000.00492.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK

  2. 2

    Facultat de Veterinaria, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

  3. 3

    Center for Companion Animal Health, University of California at Davis, California, USA

  4. 4

    Veterinary Immunology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

  5. 5

    Medical Technology Program, Departmet of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

  6. 6

    Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

  7. 7

    Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Helsinki, Finland

  8. 8

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA

* Lorna J Kennedy

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 JAN 2002
  2. Article first published online: 2 JAN 2002
  3. Accepted 26 April 1999

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Keywords:

  • DLA Nomenclature Committee;
  • rules for acceptance;
  • DLA genes and alleles;
  • sequence based nomenclature

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
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