α, β, γ, and δ t cell antigen receptor genes arose early in vertebrate phylogeny

Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Rast, Jonathan P ^a,c   Anderson, Michele K ^a,c   Strong, Scott J ^a   Luer, Carl ^b   Litman, Ronda T ^a   Litman, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0030890117     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80237-X     Document Type: Article

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