Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Immune System

by Du Pasquier, L.; Litman, Gary W.

• ISBN13: 9783540664147
• ISBN10: 3540664149
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Table of Contents

Bridge to Invertebrates
New Approaches Towards an Understanding of Deuterostome Immunity	3	(14)
J.P. Rast
Z. Pancer
E.H. Davidson
The Antimicrobial Host Defense of Drosophila	17	(20)
M. Meister
C. Hetru
J.A. Hoffmann
Origin and Evolution of the Complement System	37	(16)
M. Nonaka
Major Vertebrate Evolutionary Issues
Genome Paralogy: A New Perspective on the Organization and Origin of the Major Histocompatibility Complex	53	(14)
M. Kasahara
Phylogeny of Lower Vertebrates and Their Immunological Structures	67	(44)
A. Zapata
C.T. Amemiya
Origin of Lymphocyte Lineages
Recombination-Activating Genes, Transposition, and the Lymphoid-Specific Combinatorial Immune System: A Common Evolutionary Connection	111	(26)
J.D. Hansen
J.F. McBlane
Transcription Factor Expression in Lymphocyte Development: Clues to the Evolutionary Origins of Lymphoid Cell Lineages?	137	(22)
M.K. Anderson
E.V. Rothenberg
Origin of Receptors
The Phylogenetic Origin of Antigen-Specific Receptors	159	(30)
L. Du Pasquier
Evolution of Receptors
Immunoglobulin Isotypes: Structure, Function, and Genetics	189	(32)
E. Bengten
M. Wilson
N. Miller
L.W. Clem
L. Pilstrom
G.W. Warr
Evolution of Vertebrate Immunoglobulin Variable Gene Segments	221	(28)
T. Ota
T. Sitnikova
M. Nel
Elasmobranchs
The Immune System of Cartilaginous Fish	249	(22)
M.F. Flajnik
L.L. Rumfelt
Immune-Type Diversity in the Absence of Somatic Rearrangement	271	(14)
J.A. Yoder
G.W. Litman
Somatic Diversification
Evolution and Somatic Diversification of Immunoglobulin Light Chains	285	(18)
S.S. Lee
A. Greenberg
E. Hsu
TCR/CD3 Complex
Evolution of the T Cell Receptor Signal Transduction Units	303	(18)
T.W.F. Gobel
L. Bolliger
Subject Index	321