Genomic organization of the chicken CD8 locus reveals a novel family of immunoreceptor genes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 3023-3030

  Liaw, Hung Jiun ^a   Chen, Wei Ru ^a   Huang, Yu Chia ^a   Tsai, Chung Wei ^a   Chang, King Chan ^b   Kuo, Chia Lam ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; DNA; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 33847405236     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.5.3023     Document Type: Article

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