Echidna IgA supports mammalian unity and traditional Therian relationship

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 656-663

  Belov, Katherine ^a,b   Zenger, Kyall R ^b   Hellman, Lars ^c   Cooper, Desmond W ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECHIDNA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPLEEN; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECHIDNA; EVOLUTION; GENE LIBRARY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0036856238     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-002-3004-7     Document Type: Article

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