Tracking of the V4-34 (V(H)4-21) gene in human tonsil reveals clonal isotype switch events and a highly variable degree of somatic hypermutation

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 360-368

  Chapman, C J ^a   Mockridge, C I ^a   Hamblin, T J ^a   Stevenson, F K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B cells; Class switching; Somatic mutation; V(H) genes

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; TONSIL; CHILD; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIBODIES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; TONSIL;

EID: 0029665013     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-769.x     Document Type: Article

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