Kazuyo Yanagiya

Extended Gene Map Reveals Tripartite Motif, C-Type Lectin, and Ig Superfamily Type Genes within a Subregion of the Chicken <i>MHC</i>-<i>B</i> Affecting Infectious Disease

Takashi Shiina, W. Elwood Briles, Ronald M. Goto et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2007 · 136 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

Comparative sequencing of human and chimpanzee MHC class I regions unveils insertions/deletions as the major path to genomic divergence

Tatsuya Anzai, Takashi Shiina, Natsuki Kimura et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 130 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17

Rapid Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Genes in Primates Generates New Disease Alleles in Humans via Hitchhiking Diversity

Takashi Shiina, Masao Ôta, Sayoko Shimizu et al. · Genetics · 2006 · 109 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

Interchromosomal duplication of major histocompatibility complex class I regions in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a species with a presumably recent tetraploid ancestry

Takashi Shiina, Johannes M. Dijkstra, Sayoko Shimizu et al. · Immunogenetics · 2005 · 80 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16

A third broad lineage of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I in teleost fish; MHC class II linkage and processed genes

Johannes M. Dijkstra, Takayuki Katagiri, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi et al. · Immunogenetics · 2007 · 61 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Genetics +15