Adapting to a changing world: RAG genomics and evolution

Human Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-137

  de Camargo, Maristela Martins ^a   Nahum, Laila Alves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive immune system; Animal models; Evolutionary genomics; Human genome; Recombination activating genes; Vertebrate phylogeny

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMENN SYNDROME; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646167279     PISSN: 14797364     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-2-2-132     Document Type: Review

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