Mutations in Ig V(D)J genes are distributed asymmetrically and independently of the position of V(D)J

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 3594-3602

  Weber, John S ^a   Berry, Jan ^a   Manser, Tim ^b   Claflin, J Latham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION;

EID: 0028061856     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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