Structural insights into the evolution of the adaptive immune system: The variable lymphocyte receptors of jawless vertebrates

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 391, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 753-760

  Mariuzza, Roy A ^a,b   Velikovsky, C Alejandro ^a,b   Deng, Lu ^a,b   Xu, Gang ^a   Pancer, Zeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive immunity; antibody; complex; evolution; leucine rich repeat; variable lymphocyte receptor; vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; LEUCINE; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; BINDING AFFINITY; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTEBRATE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; IMMUNE SYSTEM; JAW; LYMPHOCYTES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; VERTEBRATES;

AGNATHA; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954569181     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2010.091     Document Type: Short Survey

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