Interdependence of N Nucleotide Addition and Recombination Site Choice in V(D)J Rearrangement

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4451-4457

  Kepler, Thomas B ^a   Borrero, Michelle ^b   Rugerio, Beth ^c   McCray, Suzanne K ^b   Clarke, Stephen H ^b,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FETUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; FETUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; POLYMERS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030588546     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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