Structure and diversity of the T-cell receptor α chain in the Mexican axolotl

Immunogenetics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-241

  Fellah, Julien S ^a   Kerfourn, Fabienne ^a   Dumay, Anne Marie ^a   Aubet, Geneviève ^a   Charlemagne, Jacques ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN;

AMBYSTOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031054044     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050198     Document Type: Article

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