Allotype-Associated Variation in the Human γ3 Switch Region as a Basis for Differences in IgG3 Production

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5849-5859

  Pan, Qiang ^a   Rabbani, Hodjattallah ^a   Mills, Frederick C ^b   Severinson, Eva ^c   Hammarström, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NUCLEOSIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SWITCH REGION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSIDES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0031570509     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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