Towards a molecular code for individuality in the absence of MHC: Screening for individually variable genes in the urochordate Ciona intestinalis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 759-773

  Khalturin, Konstantin ^a   Kürn, Ulrich ^a   Pinnow, Nicole ^a   Bosch, Thomas C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allorecognition; Innate and adaptive immunity; MHC; Phylogeny; Somatic variation; Urochordata

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIMETA2 GENE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIS7 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; UROCHORDATA;

CIONA INTESTINALIS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 20144377846     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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