Botryllus schlosseri allorecognition: Tackling the enigma

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 254-265

  Taketa, Daryl A ^a   De Tomaso, Anthony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allorecognition; Botryllus schlosseri; Evolution; Fuhc; Innate immunity; Invertebrate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLELE; ALLORECOGNITION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ASCIDIACEA; BHF GENE; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; CFUHC GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FESTER GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GERMLINE PARASITISM; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HSP40 L GENE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; REVIEW; UNCLE FESTER GENE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; UROCHORDATA;

BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; INVERTEBRATA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84914109855     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 18790089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.03.014     Document Type: Review

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