A model for the evolution of the mammalian T-cell receptor αδ and μ loci based on evidence from the duckbill platypus

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3205-3214

  Parra, Zuly E ^a   Lillie, Mette ^b   Miller, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

comparative genomics; monotremes; T cell receptors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR MU CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENOME; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PLATYPUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TETRAPOD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC LOCI; MAMMALS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLATYPUS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; EUTHERIA; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; MUS; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866912652     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss128     Document Type: Article

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