Structure and diversity of the heavy chain VDJ junctions in the developing Mexican axolotl

Immunogenetics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 402-409

  Golub, Rachel ^a   Fellah, Julien S ^a   Charlemagne, Jacques ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030796626     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050294     Document Type: Article

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