Marsupial light chains: Complexity and conservation of λ in the opossum Monodelphis domestica

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 6724-6732

  Lucero, Julie E ^a   Rosenberg, George H ^a   Miller, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPOSSUMS; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032534688     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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