Structure and diversity of the T-cell receptor alpha chain in the Mexican axolotl.

doi:10.1007/s002510050198

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Structure and diversity of the T-cell receptor alpha chain in the Mexican axolotl.

Immunogenetics - 1 Jan 1997

Fellah J S, Kerfourn F, Dumay A M, Aubet G, Charlemagne J

Abstract excerpt

Polymerase chain reaction was used to isolate cDNA clones encoding putative T-cell receptor (TCR) alpha chains in an amphibian, the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Five TCRalpha-V chain-encoding segments were identified, each belonging to a separate family. The best identity scores for the...

Topics

Ambystoma
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Consensus Sequence
Genetic Variation
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
Sequence Alignment

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