The targeting of somatic hypermutation

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-168

  Jolly, Christopher J ^a   Wagner, Simon D ^a   Rada, Cristina ^a   Klix, Norman ^a   Milstein, César ^a   Neuberger, Michael S ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affinity maturation; Evolution; Hypermutation; Immunoglobulins; V genes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 0029992777     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1996.0020     Document Type: Article

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