Evolution of the interferon alpha gene family in eutherian mammals

Gene

Volumn 397, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 38-50

  Woelk, Christopher H ^a   Frost, Simon D W ^a   Richman, Douglas D ^a,b,c   Higley, Prentice E ^a   Kosakovsky Pond, Sergei L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; Gene duplication; Innate immunity; Interferon alpha

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DOG; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMO SAPIENS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACACA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EUTHERIA; HOMO SAPIENS; MACACA MULATTA; MUS MUSCULUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34250858107     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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