Opossum (Monodelphis domestica) terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase gene

Immunogenetics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 483-486

  Guth, Amanda M ^a   Rosenberg, George H ^a   Miller, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Marsupial; Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPOSSUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0031958876     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050386     Document Type: Article

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