Somatic diversification of IgH genes in rabbit

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 162, Issue , 1998, Pages 37-47

  Knight, Katherine L ^a   Barrington, Robert A ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BIODIVERSITY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM LINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; INTESTINES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; RABBITS;

EID: 0031920987     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01427.x     Document Type: Review

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