Reassessment of germline heavy chain transcripts from two murine V(h) families

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 743-750

  Webb, Carol F ^a,b   Dou, Shenshen ^a   Buchanan, Kent L ^b   Resta, Regina ^a,c   Smithson, Glennda ^a   Smith, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blymphocytes; Immunoglobulin; Transcription

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FETUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LIVER; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031451328     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00084-9     Document Type: Article

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