Gene discovery at the human T-cell receptor α/δ locus

Immunogenetics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-121

  Haynes, Marsha R ^a   Wu, Gillian E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene finding; Phylogenetics; Pseudogene; T cell receptor; Transposition

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 5; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EXON; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOGENE; RECEPTOR GENE; RHESUS MONKEY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS; TRANSPOSON; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR DELTA; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PSEUDOGENES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANURA; DANIO RERIO; MACACA MULATTA; PAN;

EID: 33846394723     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-006-0165-7     Document Type: Article

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