Discriminating between allelic and interlocus differences among human immunoglobulin V(H)4 sequences by analyzing single spermatozoa

Human Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 96-100

  Cui, Xiangfeng ^a   Li, Honghua ^a  

^a Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Hematopoiesis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON;

ALLELES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030872569     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050472     Document Type: Article

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