Characteristics of sequences around individual nucleotide substitutions in IgV(H) genes suggest different GC and AT mutators

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6596-6601

  Spencer, Jo ^a   Dunn, Mark ^a   Dunn Walters, Deborah K ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CYTOSINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDES; THYMINE;

EID: 0033152691     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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