Diversity and evolution of T-cell receptor variable region genes in mammals and birds

Immunogenetics

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 301-308

  Su, Chen ^a   Jakobsen, Ingrid ^a   Gu, Xun ^a,b   Nei, Masatoshi ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Evolution; Phylogeny; T cell receptors; Variable region genes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SHEEP; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032804117     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050606     Document Type: Article

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