The granzyme B gene is highly polymorphic in wild mice but essentially invariant in common inbred laboratory strains

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 198-204

  Thia, Kevin Y T ^a   Trapani, Joseph A ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte; Cytotoxicity; Granzyme; Natural killer; Perforin; Polymorphism; Viral immunity

Indexed keywords

GRANZYME B; PROTEIN BID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INBRED STRAIN; INTRON; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GRANZYMES; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, INBRED NZB; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS CASTANEUS; RATTUS;

EID: 34547133231     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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