Structure and diversity of the TCR α-chain in a teleost fish

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 207-212

  Partula, Sylvie ^a   De Guerra, Arnaud ^a   Fellah, Julien S ^a   Charlemagne, Jacques ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; FISH; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAINBOW TROUT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TELEOST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0029895150     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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