New alleles of IGKV genes A2 and A18 suggest significant human IGKV locus polymorphism

Immunogenetics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-120

  Atkinson, Michael J ^a   Cowan, Morton J ^b   Feeney, Ann J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0029885801     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050098     Document Type: Article

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