A new high molecular weight immunoglobulin class from the carcharhine shark: Implications for the properties of the primordial immunoglobulin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3289-3293

  Bernstein, Ralph M ^a   Schluter, Samuel F ^a   Shen, Shanxiang ^a   Marchalonis, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

heavy chain; IgW; immunoglobulin evolution; variable regions

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHARKS;

EID: 0029865649     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.8.3289     Document Type: Article

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