The immunoglobulin light chain in poikilothermic vertebrates

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 123-132

  Pilström, Lars ^a,b   Lundqvist, Mats L ^a   Wermenstam, Niklas E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0032416160     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01257.x     Document Type: Review

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