The recombination activating gene 2 (RAG2) of the rainbow trout Onchorhynchus mykiss

Immunogenetics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-211

  Hansen, John D ^a,b   Kaattari, Stephen L ^a,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIVER; MESONEPHROS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

MYKISS; ONCHORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029899770     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02602586     Document Type: Article

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