Evolutionary dynamics of the T-cell receptor VB gene family as inferred from the human and mouse genomic sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 503-513

  Su, Chen ^a,b   Nei, Masatoshi ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth and death evolution; Block duplication; Positive selection; T cell receptor; Variable region

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035061229     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003829     Document Type: Article

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