Re-evaluation of the probabilities for productive rearrangements on the κ and λ loci

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-99

  Arakawa, Hiroshi ^a,b   Shimizu, Takeyuki ^a   Takeda, Shunichi ^a,b  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allelic exclusion; B cell development; Ig gene rearrangement; Ig ; Isotypic exclusion; RS recombination; V J recombination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHIMERA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030071522     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.1.91     Document Type: Article

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