Genomic analysis of the immune gene repertoire of amphioxus reveals extraordinary innate complexity and diversity

Genome Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1112-1126

  Huang, Shengfeng ^a   Yuan, Shaochun ^a   Guo, Lei ^a   Yu, Yanhong ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Wu, Tao ^a   Liu, Tong ^a   Yang, Manyi ^a   Wu, Kui ^a   Liu, Huiling ^a   Ge, Jin ^a   Yu, Yingcai ^a   Huang, Huiqing ^a   Dong, Meiling ^a   Yu, Cuiling ^a   Chen, Shangwu ^a   Xu, Anlong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; CHORDATA; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; IMMUNOGENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOME; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LAMPREYS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEA URCHINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZEBRAFISH;

BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 46449138598     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.069674.107     Document Type: Article

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