Genomic view of the evolution of the complement system

Immunogenetics

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 701-713

  Nonaka, Masaru ^a   Kimura, Ayuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement; Evolution; Genomic

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1R; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S; PROTEIN BF; PROTEIN C3; PROTEIN C4; PROTEIN C5; PROTEIN MASP1; PROTEIN MASP2; PROTEIN MASP3; PROTEINASE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASCIDIACEA; COELENTERATE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; UROCHORDATA;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; ASCIDIACEA; CNIDARIA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; OSTEICHTHYES; PROTOSTOMIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS (GENUS);

EID: 33748431853     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-006-0142-1     Document Type: Review

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