Sequence and evolution of the human germline Vλ repertoire

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 220-232

  Williams, Samuel C ^a   Frippiat, Jean Pol ^a,b   Tomlinson, Ian M ^a   Ignatovich, Olga ^a   Lefranc, Marie Paule ^b   Winter, Greg ^a,c  

^a MRC CENTRE FOR PROTEIN ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody; Germline; Immunoglobulin; Lambda; Light chain

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GERM CELL; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030606280     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0636     Document Type: Editorial

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