Gene conversion among chemokine receptors

Gene

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 239-245

  Shields, Denis C ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Host pathogen coevolution

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034603723     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00072-X     Document Type: Article

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