Differential Binding Avidities of Human IgM for Staphylococcal Protein A Derive from Specific Germ-Line VH3 Gene Usage

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2976-2981

  Hakoda, Masayuki ^a   Kamatani, Naoyuki ^a   Hayashimoto Kurumada, Sakura ^a   Silverman, Gregg J ^b   Yamanaka, Hisashi ^a   Terai, Chihiro ^a   Kashiwazaki, Sadao ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030265870     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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