Rapid sequence divergence in mammalian β-defensins by adaptive evolution

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 413-421

  Maxwell, A I ^a   Morrison, G M ^a   Dorin, J R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Defr1; Defensin

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

BETA DEFENSIN GENE; BLADDER; BRAIN TISSUE; CHROMOSOME 8; COLON; EPIDIDYMIS; ESOPHAGUS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOMICS; HEART; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMALL INTESTINE; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACHEA; UNTRANSLATED REGION; UTERUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MURINAE; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 0141918813     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(03)00160-3     Document Type: Article

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