Immunoglobulin gene hyperconversion ongoing in chicken splenic germinal centers

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2540-2546

  Arakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Furusawa, Shuichi ^b,c   Ekino, Shigeo ^d   Yamagishi, Hideo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken immunoglobulin; Gene conversion; PCR amplification; Peripheral B cell diversification; Single germinal centers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHICKEN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SYNOVIAL BURSA;

EID: 0029873988     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00611.x     Document Type: Article

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