Evolution of the structural repertoire of the human V(H) and V(κ) germline genes

International Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1801-1815

  Vargas Madrazo, Enrique ^b   Lara Ochoa, Francisco ^a   Ramirez Benites, Maria C ^b   Almagro, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antigen binding site; Canonical structure canonical structure class; Clans; Gene families; V locus; V(H) locus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GERM LINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031466643     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/9.12.1801     Document Type: Article

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