Adaptive evolution of the IgA hinge region in primates

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1093-1099

  Sumiyama, Kenta ^a,b,c   Saitou, Naruya ^b   Ueda, Shintaroh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hinge; IgA; Immunoglobulin C ; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEINASE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EVOLUTION; EXON; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOMINID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A HINGE REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; INTRON; MONKEY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HINGE EXON; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; MARTES PENNANTI; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; HINGE EXONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATES; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035986876     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004167     Document Type: Article

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