Two variable lymphocyte receptor genes of the inshore hagfish are located far apart on the same chromosome

Immunogenetics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-331

  Kasamatsu, Jun ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^b   Ishijima, Junko ^c   Matsuda, Yoichi ^c   Kasahara, Masanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Hagfish; Jawless vertebrates; LRR; VLR

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HAGFISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; HAGFISHES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTES; PETROMYZON; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN;

EPTATRETUS BURGERI; HAGFISH; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847771773     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-007-0200-3     Document Type: Article

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