The organization and structure of immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes in the most phylogenetically distant jawed vertebrates: Evolutionary implications

Research in Immunology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 226-233

  Litman, G W ^a   Rast, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0030003326     PISSN: 09232494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)87225-7     Document Type: Article

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