A novel hypothesis regarding the evolutionary origins of the immunoglobulin fold

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 88-93

  Tilson, M David ^a,b   Rzhetsky, Andrey ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Immunoglobulin superfamily; Immunoglobulin fold; MAGP; MFAP; Microfibril; Sea cucumber

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; MATRIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINODERM; EVOLUTION; IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0033917528     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/0300799009117009     Document Type: Article

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