Positive selection in the evolution of mammalian interleukin-2 genes [2]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1413-1416

  Zhang, Jianzhi ^a,b   Nei, Masatoshi ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Artiodactyls; Interleukin 2; Positive selection; Substitution pattern

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0033866763     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026425     Document Type: Letter

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