The dynamic TCRδ: TCRδ chains in the amphibian Xenopus tropicalis utilize antibody-like V genes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2319-2329

  Parra, Zuly E ^a   Ohta, Yuko ^b   Criscitiello, Michael F ^b,c   Flajnik, Martin F ^b   Miller, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Evolution; Immunoglobulin; TCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; XENOPUS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR DELTA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 77956123400     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040515     Document Type: Article

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