Characterisation of echidna IgM provides insights into the time of divergence of extant mammals

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 831-839

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

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Constant region; C ; Echidna; Evolution; IgM; Marsupial; Monotreme

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PROBE; ECHIDNA; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REPTILE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPLEEN;

ALOPIAS; AVES; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; MYA; REPTILIA; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; THERIA; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0036887616     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(02)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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