Selective usage of VH genes in adult human B lymphocyte repertoires

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-73

  Davidkova, G ^a,c   Pettersson, S ^b   Holmberg, D ^c   Lundkvist, I ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROBE;

EID: 0031012241     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1997.d01-376.x     Document Type: Article

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