The candidate Fu/HC gene in Botryllus schlosseri (Urochordata) and ascidians' historecognition - An oxymoron?

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 718-727

  Rinkevich, Buki ^a   Douek, Jacob ^a   Rabinowitz, Claudette ^a   Paz, Guy ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allorecognition; Botryllus schlosseri; Fusion rejection; Histocompatibility locus; Innate immunity; Tunicata

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLIDAE; BOTRYLLUS; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856468075     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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