What do the paralogous regions in the genome tell us about the origin of the adaptive immune system?

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 159-175

  Kasahara, Masanori ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0032445153     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01261.x     Document Type: Article

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