Structure and the evolutionary implication of the triplicated complement factor B genes of a urochordate ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

Immunogenetics

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 930-942

  Yoshizaki, Fumiko Y ^a   Ikawa, Shuntaro ^b   Satake, Masanobu ^b   Satoh, Nori ^c   Nonaka, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Complement factor B; Exon shuffling; Innate immunity; Urochordate

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1; COMPLEMENT FACTOR B 1; COMPLEMENT FACTOR B 2; COMPLEMENT FACTOR B 3; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTIDINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; NUCLEOTIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOME; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EMBRYO; EXON; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UROCHORDATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPLEMENT FACTOR B; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

ASCIDIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 16844378226     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0752-4     Document Type: Article

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