Immunoglobulin class switching

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-205

  Stavnezer, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOLECULAR MODEL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029931447     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(96)80058-6     Document Type: Article

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