Characterization of the T-cell receptor gamma locus and analysis of the variable gene segment expression in rabbit

Immunogenetics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 352-363

  Cho, Kathy S ^a   Zhai, Shi Kang ^a   Esteves, Pedro J ^b   Knight, Katherine L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Molecular biology; Repertoire development; T cells; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GERM LINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 21344474628     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-005-0795-1     Document Type: Article

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