The complete nucleotide sequence of the human immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region locus

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2151-2162

  Matsuda, Fumihiko ^a,e   Ishii, Kazuo ^a,e   Bourvagnet, Patrice ^b,e   Kuma, Kei Ichi ^c,e   Hayashida, Hidenori ^d,e   Miyata, Takashi ^c,e   Honjo, Tasuku ^a,e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Kitasato Univ Faculty of Science ^*

Author keywords

Antibody repertoire; DNA duplication; ImmunogIobulin gene; Phylogenetic tree; Physical map

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031775443     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.11.2151     Document Type: Article

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