The primary antibody repertoire of κ-deficient mice is characterized by non-stochastic V(λ)1 + V(H) gene family pairings and a higher degree of self-reactivity

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-72

  Knott, J ^a   Bona, C ^b   Kaushlk, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE LOCUS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0031869873     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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