Allelic polymorphism of T-cell receptor constant domains is widespread in fishes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 818-824

  Criscitiello, Michael F ^a   Wermenstam, Niklas E ^b   Pilström, Lars ^b   McKinney, E Churchill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Allelic polymorphism; Comparative immunology evolution; T lymphocytes; T cell receptors

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; COD LIVER OIL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORDO; PERCIFORMES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLEEN;

CHROMIS CHROMIS; DANIO RERIO; GADUS MORHUA; MAMMALIA; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; STEGASTES LEUCOSTICTUS; STEGASTES PARTITUS; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COD LIVER OIL; CODON; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ERYTHROCYTES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPLEEN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 2342595288     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0652-7     Document Type: Article

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