Recombination signature of germline immunoglobulin variable genes

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-185

  Weiller, Georg F ^a   Rothenfluh, Harald S ^b,c   Zylstra, Paula ^b,c   Gay, Lynn M ^b,c   Averdunk, Holger ^a   Steele, Edward J ^b,c   Blanden, Robert V ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Germline; Immunoglobulin variable genes; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031923903     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.1998.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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