George Klein, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002914
1903–1996 American immunogeneticist who discovered the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), which governs tissue transplantability and plays an essential role in the lymphocyte-mediated recognition of foreign antigens.
Keywords: genetics; immunology; transplantation; histocompatibility; cancer
| Further Reading | |
| Snell GD (1980) The major histocompatibility complex: its evolution and involvement in cellular immunity. Harvey Lectures 74: 49–80. | |
| Snell GD (1981) Studies in histocompatibility. Science 213 (4504): 172–178. | |
| Snell GD (1992) The Nobel Lectures in Immunology. Lectures for the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1980: Studies in histocompatibility. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 36 (4): 513–526. | |
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