Cloning of marsupial T cell receptor α and β constant region cDNAs

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-109

  Zuccolotto, Peter D ^a   Harrison, Gavan A ^a   Deane, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Macropus eugenii; Marsupial; T cell receptor constant genes; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; MARSUPIALIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPOSSUMS; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ALOPIAS; EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0034008903     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.2000.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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