The evolution of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IgV H) in Leporids: An unusual case of transspecies polymorphism

Immunogenetics

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 874-882

  Esteves, P J ^a,b,c   Lanning, D ^d   Ferrand, N ^a,b   Knight, K L ^d   Zhai, S K ^d   Van Der Loo, W ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; IgVH allotypes; Leporids; Transspecies polymorphism

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALLOTYPE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LAGOMORPHA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; LEPORIDAE; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; ORYCTOLAGUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 29144519510     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-005-0022-0     Document Type: Article

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