Identification and characterization of a homologue of Bruton's tyrosine kinase, a Tec kinase involved in B-cell development, in a modern representative of a phylogenetically ancient vertebrate

Immunogenetics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-351

  Haire, R N ^a   Strong, S J ^a   Litman, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030763049     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050282     Document Type: Article

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