1. Molecular cloning, characterization, and chromosomal localization of the mouse homologue of CD84, a member of the CD2 family of cell surface molecules

   • Miguel Angel de la Fuente
   • Victoria Tovar
   • P. Engel

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 249 - 255

2. Detection of polymorphism in the RING3 gene by high-throughput fluorescent SSCP analysis

   • Karen L. Thorpe
   • Alan J. Schafer
   • S. Beck

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 256 - 265

3. Association of the interferon-γ receptor variant (Val14Met) with systemic lupus erythematosus

   • Yosuke Tanaka
   • H. Nakashima
   • Yoshiyuki Niho

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 266 - 271

4. Codon usage bias and base composition in MHC genes in humans and common chimpanzees

   • S. K. McWeeney
   • Ana Maria Valdes

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 272 - 279

5. Identification of the gene variations in human CD22

   • Yoko Hatta
   • N. Tsuchiya
   • Katsushi Tokunaga

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 280 - 286

6. Role of the interferon-stimulated response element in HLA-B downregulation in human melanoma cell lines

   • Marieke Griffioen
   • Ilse J. M. Ouwerkerk
   • P. I. Schrier

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 287 - 294

7. Isolation and mapping of the rabbit DM genes

   • E. Hermel
   • M. Han
   • John J. Monaco

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 295 - 302

8. MHC class I genes of the channel catfish: sequence analysis and expression

   • A. B. Antao
   • V. Gregory Chinchar
   • Melanie R. Wilson

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 303 - 311

9. Residue 3 of β₂-microglobulin affects binding of class I MHC molecules by the W6/32 antibody

   • John J. Ladasky
   • Benny P. Shum
   • P. Parham

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 312 - 320

10. Evidence for an additional cattle DQA locus, BoLA-DQA5

    • A. Gelhaus
    • Birgit Förster
    • Rolf D. Horstmann

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 321 - 327

11. Identification of the Tapasin gene in the chicken major histocompatibility complex

    • B. Frangoulis
    • Insoo Park
    • Rima Zoorob

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 328 - 337

12. Molecular analysis of an MHC class II deficiency patient reveals a novel mutation in the RFX5 gene

    • A. Peijnenburg
    • Marja C. J. A. Van Eggermond
    • P. J. Van den Elsen

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 338 - 345

13. Diminished recognition of HLA-A2 proteins lacking a cytoplasmic domain (CY) by A2-restricted, EBV-specific CTLs: possible role of the CY in TAP association

    • Martin J. Cannon
    • Criston K. Osborn
    • Mark D. Crew

    BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 346 - 350

14. Cloning of a cDNA encoding a Pim1 homologue in zebrafish, Danio rerio

    • Christine Icard-Liepkalns
    • Robert N. Haire
    • G. W. Litman

    BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 351 - 353

15. cDNA cloning, northern hybridization, and mapping analysis of a putative GDS-related protein gene at the centromeric ends of the human and mouse MHC regions

    • Asako Ando
    • Yara Yukie Kikuti
    • H. Inoko

    GENE-ANTIGEN REGISTER Pages: 354 - 356

16. Alternate splice variants of the hemochromatosis gene Hfe

    • D. A. Rhodes
    • J. Trowsdale

    SEQUENCE REGISTER Pages: 357 - 359

17. Complete cDNA coding sequence of a new HLA-A3 subtype (A*0304) with a new HLA polymorphism at exon 3

    • Silvia Santos
    • A. Balas
    • Jose L. Vicario

    SEQUENCE REGISTER Pages: 360 - 361

18. Evolution of the Mhc class I region: the framework hypothesis

    • Claire Amadou

    HYPOTHESIS Pages: 362 - 367

19. Sixth International Workshop on MHC Evolution

    ANNOUNCEMENT Pages: 368 - 368