Tandem repeats 3' of the IGHA genes in the human immunoglobulin heavy chain gene cluster

Genomics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 189-195

  Kang, Hakyung K ^b   Cox, Diane W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030200750     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0338     Document Type: Article

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