1. Technical hitches in rat MHC class I gene mapping

   • Etienne Joly
   • S. K. Salgar
   • T. J. Gill III.

   MATTERS OF DEBATE Pages: 2 - 4

2. Response

   • Shashikumar K. Salgar
   • Xiu-juan Yuan
   • Thomas J. Gill III.

   MATTERS OF DEBATE Pages: 4 - 5

3. TNFB polymorphisms characterize three lineages of TNF region microsatellite haplotypes

   • T. Weissensteiner
   • Jerry S. Lanchbury

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 6 - 16

4. Fetal-maternal HLA compatibility confers susceptibility to systemic sclerosis

   • Carol M. Artlett
   • Ken I. Welsh
   • S. A. Jimenez

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 17 - 22

5. A phylogenetic analysis of cattle DRB3 alleles with a deletion of codon 65

   • Sofia Mikko
   • Harris A. Lewin
   • L. Andersson

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 23 - 29

6. Locus-specific conservation of the HLA class I introns by intra-locus homogenization

   • N. Cereb
   • Austin L. Hughes
   • Soo Young Yang

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 30 - 36

7. Relatedness among Basques, Portuguese, Spaniards, and Algerians studied by HLA allelic frequencies and haplotypes

   • A. Arnaiz-Villena
   • Jorge Martínez-Laso
   • Henriqueta Breda-Coimbra

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 37 - 43

8. Histocompatibility gene mutation rates in the mouse: a 25-year review

   • R. W. Melvold
   • Kegiang Wang
   • Henry I. Kohn

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 44 - 54

9. Cloning, localization, and structure of new members of the butyrophilin gene family in the juxta-telomeric region of the major histocompatibility complex

   • Rachid Tazi-Ahnini
   • Joëlle Henry
   • P. Pontarotti

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 55 - 63

10. Cloning and functional characterization of the mouse C3a anaphylatoxin receptor gene

    • Matthew H. Hsu
    • Julia A. Ember
    • R. D. Ye

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 64 - 72

11. Octamer function in the chicken lambda immunoglobulin light chain promoter

    • L. M. Heltemes
    • Christopher K. Tuggle
    • S. J. Lamont

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 73 - 76

12. Structural analysis and chromosomal localization of the mouse Psmb5 gene coding for the constitutively expressed β-type proteasome subunit

    • Keiko Kohda
    • Yoichi Matsuda
    • M. Kasahara

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 77 - 87

13. Genetic analyses for dermatitis and IgE hyperproduction in the NC/Nga mouse

    • M. Tsudzuki
    • Naohiro Watanabe
    • Hiroshi Matsuda

    BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 88 - 90

14. Germline diversity within the mouse Igk-V9 gene family

    • H. D. Ulrich
    • Frederick L. Moore
    • Peter G. Schultz

    BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 91 - 95

15. Genomic organization of the human LAG-3/CD4 locus

    • D. Bruniquel
    • N. Borie
    • Frédéric Triebel

    BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 96 - 98

16. Chromosomal mapping of the T-helper immunodeficiency (thid) locus in LEC rats

    • Kaichun Wei
    • Youji Muramatsu
    • K. Matsumoto

    GENE-ANTIGEN REGISTER Pages: 99 - 102

17. HLA-B^*2707 peptide motif: Tyr C-terminal anchor is not shared by all disease-associated subtypes

    • Vannary Tieng
    • Nicolas Dulphy
    • A. Toubert

    PEPTIDE MOTIF REGISTER Pages: 103 - 105