Cloning and structural analysis of IgM (μ chain) and the heavy chain V region repertoire in the marsupial Monodelphis domestica

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 597-606

  Aveskogh, Maria ^a   Pilström, Lars ^a   Hellman, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

D segment; Evolution; IgM; J segment; Marsupial; Variable region

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032729871     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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