Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferases from elasmobranchs reveal structural conservation within vertebrates

Immunogenetics

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 594-604

  Bartl, Simona ^a   Miracle, Ann L ^b   Rumfelt, Lynn L ^c   Kepler, Thomas B ^d   Mochon, Evonne ^c   Litman, Gary W ^b   Flajnik, Martin F ^c  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilaginous fish; Clearnose skate; Elasmobranch; Nurse shark; Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; DNA POLYMERASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; ELASMOBRANCHII; ELECTRIC FISH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHARK; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ELASMOBRANCHII; EVOLUTION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AGNATHA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; ELECTRIC FISH; GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; RAJA EGLANTERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345742607     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-003-0608-3     Document Type: Article

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