Nucleotide sequences of all the γ gene loci of murine immunoglobulin heavy chains

Genomics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-104

  Akahori, Y ^a   Kurosawa, Y ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031128290     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4606     Document Type: Article

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