title: Nomenclature for factors of the dog major histocompatibility system (DLA), 2000: second report of the ISAG DLA Nomenclature Committee.
abstract: The International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) Dog Leukocyte Antigen (DLA) Nomenclature Committee met during the "Comparative Evolution of the Mammalian major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)" meeting in Manchester, UK on 10 September 2000. The main points discussed were the naming of class I genes and alleles, and the inclusion of alleles from other canidae.
authors.affiliation: Mammalian Immunogenetics Research Group, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, LG9 72J UK. lorna.kennedy@man.ac.uk
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Angles
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Francino
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gerlach
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Happ
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Ollier
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D005805:Genes, MHC Class I / Q000235:genetics*; D009626:Terminology as Topic