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In silico identification of opossum cytokine genes suggests the complexity of the marsupial immune system rivals that of eutherian mammals.

Wong ES, Young LJ, Papenfuss AT, Belov K.

Immunome Res. 2006 Nov 10;2:4.PMID: 17094811 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

Characterization of the opossum immune genome provides insights into the evolution of the mammalian immune system.

Belov K, Sanderson CE, Deakin JE, Wong ES, Assange D, McColl KA, Gout A, de Bono B, Barrow AD, Speed TP, Trowsdale J, Papenfuss AT.

Genome Res. 2007 Jul;17(7):982-91. Epub 2007 May 10.PMID: 17495011 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evolution of mammalian CD1: marsupial CD1 is not orthologous to the eutherian isoforms and is a pseudogene in the opossum Monodelphis domestica.

Baker ML, Miller RD.

Immunology. 2007 May;121(1):113-21. Epub 2007 Jan 18.PMID: 17244156 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The search for a marsupial XIC reveals a break with vertebrate synteny.

Davidow LS, Breen M, Duke SE, Samollow PB, McCarrey JR, Lee JT.

Chromosome Res. 2007;15(2):137-46. Epub 2007 Mar 5.PMID: 17333538 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Molecular characterisation and expression of CD4 in two distantly related marsupials: the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) and tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).

Duncan LG, Nair SV, Deane EM.

Mol Immunol. 2007 Jul;44(15):3641-52. Epub 2007 May 22.PMID: 17521733 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The marsupial CD8 gene locus: molecular cloning and expression analysis of the alpha and beta sequences in the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) and the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).

Duncan LG, Nair SV, Deane EM.

Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2009 May 15;129(1-2):14-27. Epub 2008 Dec 6.PMID: 19135263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Divergent T-cell receptor delta chains from marsupials.

Baker ML, Osterman AK, Brumburgh S.

Immunogenetics. 2005 Oct;57(9):665-73. Epub 2005 Oct 18.PMID: 16160827 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The unique paired retinal vascular pattern in marsupials: structural, functional and evolutionary perspectives based on observations in a range of species.

McMenamin PG.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 Oct;91(10):1399-405. Epub 2007 May 2.PMID: 17475712 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Analysis of a set of Australian northern brown bandicoot expressed sequence tags with comparison to the genome sequence of the South American grey short tailed opossum.

Baker ML, Indiviglio S, Nyberg AM, Rosenberg GH, Lindblad-Toh K, Miller RD, Papenfuss AT.

BMC Genomics. 2007 Feb 13;8:50.PMID: 17298671 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Exon 3 of the growth hormone receptor (GH-R) is specific to eutherian mammals.

Menzies BR, Shaw G, Fletcher TP, Pask AJ, Renfree MB.

Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2008 Dec 16;296(1-2):64-8. Epub 2008 Jul 25.PMID: 18706474 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparative genomic analysis and evolution of the T cell receptor loci in the opossum Monodelphis domestica.

Parra ZE, Baker ML, Hathaway J, Lopez AM, Trujillo J, Sharp A, Miller RD.

BMC Genomics. 2008 Feb 29;9:111.PMID: 18312668 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Towards a ZP-based contraceptive for marsupials: comparative analysis and developmental expression of marsupial ZP genes.

McCartney CA, Harris MS, Rodger JC, Mate KE; Cooperative Research Centre for the Conservation and Management of Marsupials.

Mol Reprod Dev. 2007 Dec;74(12):1581-9.PMID: 17538958 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gamete biology of the new world marsupial, the grey short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica.

Moore HD.

Reprod Fertil Dev. 1996;8(4):605-15. Review.PMID: 8870084 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Opossum carboxylesterases: sequences, phylogeny and evidence for CES gene duplication events predating the marsupial-eutherian common ancestor.

Holmes RS, Chan J, Cox LA, Murphy WJ, VandeBerg JL.

BMC Evol Biol. 2008 Feb 20;8:54.PMID: 18289373 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Isolation and characterization of melanopsin (Opn4) from the Australian marsupial Sminthopsis crassicaudata (fat-tailed dunnart).

Pires SS, Shand J, Bellingham J, Arrese C, Turton M, Peirson S, Foster RG, Halford S.

Proc Biol Sci. 2007 Nov 22;274(1627):2791-9.PMID: 17785267 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Marsupial cytokines. Structure, function and evolution.

Harrison GA, Wedlock DN.

Dev Comp Immunol. 2000 Jul;24(5):473-84. Review.PMID: 10785272 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Marsupial light chains: IGK with four V families in the opossum Monodelphis domestica.

Miller RD, Bergemann ER, Rosenberg GH.

Immunogenetics. 1999 Dec;50(5-6):329-35.PMID: 10630297 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Isolation of mhc class II DMA and DMB cDNA sequences in a marsupial: the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica).

O'hUigin C, Sültmann H, Tichy H, Murray BW.

J Mol Evol. 1998 Nov;47(5):578-85.PMID: 9797408 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A survey of type I interferons from a marsupial and monotreme: implications for the evolution of the type I interferon gene family in mammals.

Harrison GA, Young LJ, Watson CM, Miska KB, Miller RD, Deane EM.

Cytokine. 2003 Feb 7;21(3):105-19.PMID: 12697149 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cellular immune response of a marsupial, Monodelphis domestica.

Infante AJ, Samples NK, Croix DA, Redding TS, VandeBerg JL, Stone WH.

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