Somatic Hypermutation: Mutations 3′ of Rabbit VDJ H-Chain Genes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 4403-4407

  Lanning, Dennis K ^a   Knight, Katherine L ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0031279103     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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