T-cell receptors in ectothermic vertebrates

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 87-102

  Charlemagne, Jacques ^a   Fellah, Julien S ^a   De Guerra, Arnaud ^a,b   Kerfourn, Fabienne ^a   Partula, Sylvie ^a,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0032416612     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01255.x     Document Type: Review

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