Characterization of a seventh family of immunoglobulin heavy chain vh gene segments in the channel catfish, ictalurus punctatus

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-14

  Ventura Holman, T ^a   Ghaffari, S H ^a   Lobb, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CATFISH; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GERM LINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ICTALURIDAE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOGENES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030031250     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.1996.tb00259.x     Document Type: Article

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