Characterization of a Light Chain Product of the Human JCλ7 Gene Complex

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4474-4477

  Niewold, Theodoor A ^a   Murphy, Charles L ^a   Weiss, Deborah T ^a   Solomon, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCE JONES PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOGENE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOGENES;

EID: 0030588553     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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