1. “A Japanese gentleman of the Samurai tradition”: Takeshi Matsunaga 1945–2003

   • Francesco Colucci
   • Elizabeth Simpson
   • Vladimir Baranov

   Obituary 14 October 2003 Pages: 515 - 520

   

2. The IDDM-associated solitary retroviral promoters DQ-LTR3 and DQ-LTR13 have a distinct impact on the expression of selected DQB1 genes in different cell lines in vitro

   • Katrin Krach
   • Klaus Badenhoop
   • Ralf R. Tönjes

   Original Paper 18 October 2003 Pages: 521 - 529

   

3. Splicing defect in RFXANK results in a moderate combined immunodeficiency and long-duration clinical course

   • Thomas Prod’homme
   • Benjamin Dekel
   • Shimon Pollack

   Original Paper 22 October 2003 Pages: 530 - 539

   

4. Evolutionary stability of MHC class II haplotypes in diverse rhesus macaque populations

   • Gaby G. M. Doxiadis
   • Nel Otting
   • Ronald E. Bontrop

   Original Paper 18 October 2003 Pages: 540 - 551

   

5. Characterization of the horse (Equus caballus) IGHA gene

   • Bettina Wagner
   • Irene Greiser-Wilke
   • Douglas F. Antczak

   Original Paper 15 October 2003 Pages: 552 - 560

   

6. Physical and genetic mapping of the rainbow trout major histocompatibility regions: evidence for duplication of the class I region

   • Ruth B. Phillips
   • Ana Zimmerman
   • John D. Hansen

   Original Paper 18 October 2003 Pages: 561 - 569

   

7. Genomic analysis of immunity in a Urochordate and the emergence of the vertebrate immune system: “waiting for Godot”

   • Kaoru Azumi
   • Rosaria De Santis
   • Masaru Nonaka

   Original Paper 07 October 2003 Pages: 570 - 581