CpG-rich sequences close to the site of duplication within the human IGH constant region

Immunogenetics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 365-370

  Sadhu, Annamma ^a   Shen, Mei Ling ^a   Hackbarth, Marcy ^a   Hume, Ellen ^a   McKeithan, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RESTRICTION SITE; TELOMERE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CPG ISLANDS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030985527     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050217     Document Type: Article

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