ISBN: 3-540-66414-9
TITLE: Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Immune System
AUTHOR: Du Pasquier, L.; Litman, G.W. (Eds.)
TOC:

Bridge to Invertebrates 
J.P. RAST, Z. PANCER, and E.H. DAVIDSON 
New Approaches Towards an Understanding of Deuterostome Immunity 3 
M. MEISTER, C. HETRU, and J.A. HOFFMANN 
The Antimicrobial Host Defense of Drosophila 17 
M. NONAKA 
Origin and Evolution of the Complement System 37 
Major Vertebrate Evolutionary Issues 
M. KASAHARA 
Genome Paralogy: A New Perspective on the Organization and Origin of the Major 
Histocompatibility Complex 53 
A. ZAPATA and C.T. AMEMIYA 
Phylogeny of Lower Vertebrates and Their Immunological Structures 67 
Origin of Lymphocyte Lineages 
J.D. HANSEN and J.F. MCBLANE 
Recombination-Activating Genes, Transposition, and the Lymphoid-Specific Combinatorial Immune System: A Common Evolutionary Connection 111 
M.K. ANDERSON and E.V. ROTHENBERG 
Transcription Factor Expression in Lymphocyte Development: Clues to the Evolutionary Origins of Lymphoid Cell Lineages? 137 
Origin of Receptors 
L. DU PASQUIER 
The Phylogenetic Origin of Antigen-Specific Receptors 159 
Evolution of Receptors 
E. BENGTEN, M. WILSON, N. MILLER, L.W. CLEM, L. PILSTROM, and G.W. WARR 
Immunoglobulin Isotypes: Structure, Function, and Genetics 189 
T. OTA, T. SITNIKOVA, and M. NEI 
Evolution of Vertebrate Immunoglobulin Variable Gene Segments 221 
Elasmobranchs 
M.F. FLAJNIK and L.L. RUMFELT 
The Immune System of Cartilaginous Fish 249 
J.A. YODER and G.W. LITMAN 
Immune-Type Diversity in the Absence of Somatic Rearrangement 271 
Somatic Diversification 
S.S. LEE, A. GREENBERG, and E. HSU 
Evolution and Somatic Diversification of Immunoglobulin Light Chains 285 
TCR/CD3 Complex 
T.W.F. GOBEL and L. BOLLIGER 
Evolution of the T Cell Receptor Signal Transduction Units 303 Subject Index 321 
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