Marsupial immunology bounding ahead

TCR  Recombination and Transcription Relative to the Conventional TCR during Postnatal Development in Opossums

(2014) Z. E. Parra et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Contagious cancer: Lessons from the devil and the dog

(2012) Katherine Belov   BIOESSAYS

Antigen-presenting genes and genomic copy number variations in the Tasmanian devil MHC

(2012) Yuanyuan Cheng et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genome Sequencing and Analysis of the Tasmanian Devil and Its Transmissible Cancer

(2012) Elizabeth P. Murchison et al.   CELL

Immunohistochemical localization of T-lymphocyte subsets in the developing lymphoid tissues of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

(2012) Louise G. Duncan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

A review of complementary mechanisms which protect the developing marsupial pouch young

(2012) M.J. Edwards et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

A VpreB3 homologue in a marsupial, the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica

(2012) Xinxin Wang et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Recombination, transcription, and diversity of a partially germline-joined VH in a mammal

(2012) Xinxin Wang et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Identification of natural killer cell receptor genes in the genome of the marsupial Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

(2012) Lauren E. van der Kraan et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Low MHC class II diversity in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

(2012) Yuanyuan Cheng et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

A Second TCR  Locus in Galliformes Uses Antibody-like V Domains: Insight into the Evolution of TCR  and TCR  Genes in Tetrapods

(2012) Z. E. Parra et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

A Model for the Evolution of the Mammalian T-cell Receptor  /  and   Loci Based on Evidence from the Duckbill Platypus

(2012) Z. E. Parra et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The tammar wallaby major histocompatibility complex shows evidence of past genomic instability

(2011) Hannah V Siddle et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Venom gland transcriptomes of two elapid snakes (Bungarus multicinctus and Naja atra) and evolution of toxin genes

(2011) Yu Jiang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Immunome database for marsupials and monotremes

(2011) Emily SW Wong et al.   BMC IMMUNOLOGY

Molecular identification of interleukin-2 in the lymphoid tissues of the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula

(2011) L.J. Young et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Platypus TCR μ Provides Insight into the Origins and Evolution of a Uniquely Mammalian TCR Locus

(2011) Xinxin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Allorecognition in the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), an Endangered Marsupial Species with Limited Genetic Diversity

(2011) Alexandre Kreiss et al.   PLoS One

Ancient Antimicrobial Peptides Kill Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens: Australian Mammals Provide New Options

(2011) Jianghui Wang et al.   PLoS One

Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii, provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development

(2011) Marilyn B Renfree et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Differentiation of Effector CD4 T Cell Populations

(2010) Jinfang Zhu et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

The dynamic TCRδ: TCRδ chains in the amphibian Xenopus tropicalis utilize antibody-like V genes

(2010) Zuly E. Parra et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Interleukin-1 in reproductive strategies

(2010) Luana Paulesu et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

(2010)   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Molecular Characterization of Interleukin-1Beta in the Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

(2010) Lauren J. YOUNG et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE

The Tasmanian Devil Transcriptome Reveals Schwann Cell Origins of a Clonally Transmissible Cancer

(2010) E. P. Murchison et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular characterisation of the CD79a and CD79b subunits of the B cell receptor complex in the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) and tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii): Delayed B cell immunocompetence in marsupial neonates

(2010) Louise Duncan et al.   VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

Expressed sequence identification and characterization of the cDNA for Interleukin-4 from the mitogen-stimulated lymphoid tissue of a marsupial, Macropus eugenii

(2010) Lauren Young   VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

MHC-linked and un-linked class I genes in the wallaby

(2009) Hannah V Siddle et al.   BMC GENOMICS

On the genomics of immunoglobulins in the gray, short-tailed opossum Monodelphis domestica

(2009) Xinxin Wang et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

MHC haplotypes and response to immunocontraceptive vaccines in the brushtail possum

(2009) Olivia J. Holland et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Adult survival and microsatellite diversity in possums: effects of major histocompatibility complex-linked microsatellite diversity but not multilocus inbreeding estimators

(2009) Sam C. Banks et al.   OECOLOGIA

Mitogen-induced responses in lymphocytes from platypus, the Tasmanian devil and the eastern barred bandicoot

(2008) NJ Stewart et al.   AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

CD4 T cells: fates, functions, and faults

(2008) J. Zhu et al.   BLOOD

Selection, diversity and evolutionary patterns of the MHC class II DAB in free-ranging Neotropical marsupials

(2008) Yvonne Meyer-Lucht et al.   BMC GENETICS

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

(2008) Zuly E Parra et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Novel alleles in classical major histocompatibility complex class II loci of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

(2008) Olivia J. Holland et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Identification of novel major histocompatibility complex class I sequences in a marsupial, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

(2008) Olivia J. Holland et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

High levels of genetic variation at MHC class II DBB loci in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

(2008) Yuanyuan Cheng et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Evolution of the opossum major histocompatibility complex: evidence for diverse alternative splice patterns and low polymorphism among class I genes

(2008) Michelle L. Baker et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Global trends in emerging infectious diseases

(2008) Kate E. Jones et al.   NATURE

Immunohistochemistry using antibodies to the cathelicidin LL37/hCAP18 in the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii

(2008) Rebecca L. Carman et al.   TISSUE & CELL