Molecular mechanisms involved in receptor editing at the Ig heavy chain locus

International Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-246

  Fanning, Liam ^a,c   Bertrand, Fred E ^a   Steinberg, Charley ^b   Wu, Gillian E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heavy chain; Ig; Receptor editing

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; MICE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0031884054     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/10.2.241     Document Type: Article

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