The joining of V and J gene segments creates antibody diversity [24]

Nature

Volumn 283, Issue 5746, 1980, Pages 497-499

  Weigert, Martin ^a   Perry, Robert ^a   Kelley, Dawn ^a   Hunkapiller, Tim ^b   Schilling, James ^b   Hood, Leroy ^b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; HEREDITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; GENES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED NZB; MYELOMA PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0018890661     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/283497a0     Document Type: Letter

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