Comparison of chimpanzee and human leukocyte Ig-like receptor genes reveals framework and rapidly evolving genes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 5786-5794

  Canavez, F ^a   Young, N T ^a   Guethlein, L A ^a   Rajalingam, R ^a   Khakoo, S I ^a   Shum, B P ^a   Parham, P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035889968     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.10.5786     Document Type: Article

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