Generation of antibody diversity in rabbits

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 228-232

  Knight, Katherine L ^a   Winstead, Candace R ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; REVIEW;

EID: 0030932541     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(97)80140-9     Document Type: Article

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