Immunity genes and their orthologs: A multi-species database

International Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1361-1370

  Rannikko, Kathryn ^a   Ortutay, Csaba ^a   Vihinen, Mauno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Human immune system; Immunome; Immunome Base

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; INSECT; MAMMAL; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 36248952693     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxm109     Document Type: Article

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