Clonal analysis of a human antibody response. III. Nucleotide sequences of monoclonal IgM, IgG, and IgA to rabies virus reveal restricted Vκ gene utilization, junctional VκJκ and VλJλ diversity, and somatic hypermutation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2895-2905

  Ikematsu, Wataru ^a   Kobarg, Jörg ^a   Ikematsu, Hideyuki ^a   Ichiyoshi, Yuji ^a   Casali, Paolo ^b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Medical Center   (United States)

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOVAX; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RABIES VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONE CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HIV ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RABIES VIRUS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

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