Evolution of immunoglobulin kappa chain variable region genes in vertebrates

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-60

  Sitnikova, Tatyana ^a   Nei, Masatoshi ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth and death evolution; Concerted evolution; Genes; Ig V(K); Multigene families

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; FISH; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY;

AMPHIBIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DARWINIA; MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031963782     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025846     Document Type: Article

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