Characteristics of human antibody repertoires following active immune responses in vivo

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 583-592

  Ohlin, Mats ^a   Borrebaeck, Carl A K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

antibody variable domain; germline gene usage; human monoclonal antibodies; J segment; phage display; somatic mutation; T cell dependent antibody response; V segment

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; HUMAN; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030152049     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(96)00018-1     Document Type: Note

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