In silico peptide-binding predictions of passerine MHC class I reveal similarities across distantly related species, suggesting convergence on the level of protein function

Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages

(2012) Joseph W Brown et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Characterization and 454 pyrosequencing of Major Histocompatibility Complex class I genes in the great tit reveal complexity in a passerine system

(2012) Irem Sepil et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Seq2Logo: a method for construction and visualization of amino acid binding motifs and sequence profiles including sequence weighting, pseudo counts and two-sided representation of amino acid enrichment and depletion

(2012) Martin Christen Frølund Thomsen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds

(2012) R. M. Sibly et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Designing bovine T cell vaccines via reverse immunology

(2012) Vishvanath Nene et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

454 sequencing reveals extreme complexity of the class II Major Histocompatibility Complex in the collared flycatcher

(2011) Magdalena Zagalska-Neubauer et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Genetic mapping of the major histocompatibility complex in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

(2011) Robert Ekblom et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Characterization of MHC class I and II genes in a subantarctic seabird, the blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea (Procellariiformes)

(2011) Maria Strandh et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Defining the Turkey MHC: identification of expressed class I- and class IIB-like genes independent of the MHC-B

(2011) Kent M. Reed et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Characterization of MHC-I in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) reveals low levels of genetic diversity and trans-population evolution across European populations

(2011) Elske Schut et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Porcine major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules and analysis of their peptide-binding specificities

(2011) Lasse Eggers Pedersen et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

NetMHCcons: a consensus method for the major histocompatibility complex class I predictions

(2011) Edita Karosiene et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evaluation of two approaches to genotyping major histocompatibility complex class I in a passerine-CE-SSCP and 454 pyrosequencing

(2011) MARTA PROMEROVÁ et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

The dominantly expressed class I molecule of the chicken MHC is explained by coevolution with the polymorphic peptide transporter (TAP) genes

(2011) B. A. Walker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gene duplication and fragmentation in the zebra finch major histocompatibility complex

(2010) Christopher N Balakrishnan et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Human Leukocyte Antigens A*3001 and A*3002 Show Distinct Peptide-Binding Patterns of theMycobacterium tuberculosisProtein TB10.4: Consequences for Immune Recognition

(2010) Rebecca Axelsson-Robertson et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

HLArestrictor—a tool for patient-specific predictions of HLA restriction elements and optimal epitopes within peptides

(2010) Malene Erup Larsen et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Major histocompatibility complex class I binding predictions as a tool in epitope discovery

(2010) Claus Lundegaard et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Extensive MHC Class II B Gene Duplication in a Passerine, the Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

(2010) Jennifer L. Bollmer et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

The genome of a songbird

(2010) Wesley C. Warren et al.   NATURE

CPHmodels-3.0—remote homology modeling using structure-guided sequence profiles

(2010) Morten Nielsen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Plasmodium relictum infection and MHC diversity in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

(2010) C. Loiseau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Structure of a Classical MHC Class I Molecule That Binds “Non-Classical” Ligands

(2010) Chee Seng Hee et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The PickPocket method for predicting binding specificities for receptors based on receptor pocket similarities: application to MHC-peptide binding

(2009) Hao Zhang et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Extremely high MHC class I variation in a population of a long-distance migrant, the Scarlet Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)

(2009) M. Promerová et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Defining the Turkey MHC: Sequence and Genes of the B Locus

(2009) L. D. Chaves et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Dynamics of parasitemia of malaria parasites in a naturally and experimentally infected migratory songbird, the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

(2008) Pavel Zehtindjiev et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

NetMHCpan, a method for MHC class I binding prediction beyond humans

(2008) Ilka Hoof et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

NetMHC-3.0: accurate web accessible predictions of human, mouse and monkey MHC class I affinities for peptides of length 8–11

(2008) Claus Lundegaard et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web Servers

(2008) Alexandros Stamatakis et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY