Isolation and comparison of the IgM heavy chain constant regions from Australian (Trichosurus vulpecula) and American (Monodelphis domestica) marsupials

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 649-656

  Belov, Katherine ^a   Harrison, Gavan A ^b   Rosenberg, George H ^c   Miller, Robert D ^c   Cooper, Desmond W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant region; Heavy chain; IgM; Immunoglobulin; Marsupial; Monodelphis domestica; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0032752879     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00041-5     Document Type: Article

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