Characterization of a C3-like cDNA in a coral: Phylogenetic implications

Immunogenetics

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 535-548

  Dishaw, Larry J ^a,b   Smith, Sylvia L ^a   Bigger, Charles H ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

A2M; Complement evolution; Coral; TEP; Thiolester proteins

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; THIOESTER;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPSONIZATION; PRECAMBRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA; METAZOA; SWIFTIA EXSERTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 25844487754     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-005-0005-1     Document Type: Article

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