The amphioxus genome provides unique insight into the evolution of immunity

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-176

  Dishaw, Larry J ^a   Haire, Robert N ^a   Litman, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic complexity; Expanded immune repertoire; Gut immunity; Innate immunity; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BRANCHIOSTOMA; CEPHALOCHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENOME; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; IMMUNITY; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CIONA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84859094025     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/els007     Document Type: Article

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