Gene analysis of signal-joint T cell receptor excision circles and their relationship to age in dogs

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 1-7

  Ito, Genta ^a   Yoshimura, Kuniko ^a   Momoi, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Dog; Signal joint TCR rearrangement excision circles (sjTREC)

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TEMPLATE; DOG; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; SIGNAL JOINT T CELL RECEPTOR EXCISION CIRCLE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AGE; ANIMAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DOGS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84930084230     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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