Evolutionarily conserved pattern of gene segment usage within the mammalian TCRβ locus

Immunogenetics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 307-314

  Livák, Ferenc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Recombination signal sequence; Repertoire; T cell receptor; VDJ recombination

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042831182     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-003-0577-6     Document Type: Article

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