In silico peptide-binding predictions of passerine MHC class i reveal similarities across distantly related species, suggesting convergence on the level of protein function

Immunogenetics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 299-311

  Follin, Elna ^a   Karlsson, Maria ^b   Lundegaard, Claus ^c   Nielsen, Morten ^c   Wallin, Stefan ^d   Paulsson, Kajsa ^a   Westerdahl, Helena ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Functional clustering; Gene conversion; Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I; Passerine birds; Trans species evolution

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIRD; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GREAT REED WARBLER; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HOUSE SPARROW; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPARROW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE SPARROW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIRDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSER MONTANUS; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876501581     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-012-0676-3     Document Type: Article

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