Restriction-PCR fingerprinting of the immunoglobulin VH repertoire: Direct detection of an immune response and global analysis of B cell clonality

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3268-3279

  White, Harry N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Child Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; Molecular biology; Repertoire development; VH gene analysis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HAPTENS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXAZOLONE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0031684387     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199810)28:10<3268::AID-IMMU3268>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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