Rearrangement and selection in the developing Vκ repertoire of the mouse: An analysis of the usage of two Vκ gene segments

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4904-4913

  Whitcomb, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Brodeur, Peter H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERM LINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0032525037     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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