Evolutionary conservation and characterization of the bare lymphocyte syndrome transcription factor RFX-B and its paralogue ANKRA2

Immunogenetics

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 788-797

  Long, Alyssa Bushey ^a   Boss, Jeremy M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Major histocompatibility complex; RFX B; RFXANK; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; REGULATORY FACTOR X B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ANKRA 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANKRA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ANKYRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RFXANK PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BARE LYMPHOCYTE SYNDROME; CELL LINE; FISH; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANKYRINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 17144397250     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0738-2     Document Type: Article

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