Evolution of the Ikaros gene family: Implications for the origins of adaptive immunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 4792-4799

  John, Liza B ^a   Yoong, Simon ^a   Ward, Alister C ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN AIOLOS; PROTEIN EOS; PROTEIN HELIOS; PROTEIN PEGASUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LAMPREY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SYNTENY; TELEOST; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UROCHORDATA; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA SPLICE SITES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 65249128177     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802372     Document Type: Article

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