An Unbiased Analysis of VH-D-JH Sequences from B-1a, B-1b, and Conventional B Cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1175-1186

  Kantor, Aaron B ^a,c   Merrill, Cynthia E ^b   Herzenberg, Leonore A ^a   Hillson, Jan L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AmCell Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELL SEPARATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0031065192     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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