The primary antibody repertoire of normal, immunodeficient and autoimmune mice is characterized by differences in V gene expression

Research in Immunology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-26

  Kaushik, A ^a   Lim, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

antibody, repertoire, B lymphocyte, V gene, immunoglobulin; V( ), V( ), V(H), gene expression

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030007275     PISSN: 09232494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)81545-8     Document Type: Article

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