The evolution of vertebrate antigen receptors: A phylogenetic approach

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 146-155

  Richards, M H ^a   Nelson, J L ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune system evolution; Immunoglobulin; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTOR GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0033959009     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026227     Document Type: Article

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