Bovine IgG Repertoire Is Dominated by a Single Diversified VH Gene Family

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3883-3889

  Sinclair, M Catherine ^a,b   Gilchrist, Janice ^a   Aitken, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0031572510     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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