Structural and comparative analysis of the T cell receptor gamma (TRG) locus in Oryctolagus cuniculus

Immunogenetics

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 773-779

  Massari, Serafina ^a   Ciccarese, Salvatrice ^b   Antonacci, Rachele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; IMGT; Rabbit genome; Tcell receptor; TRG locus

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84866740380     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-012-0634-0     Document Type: Article

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