Allelic exclusion in anamniotic vertebrates

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 329-336

  Hsu, Ellen ^a   Lee, Susan S ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic exclusion; Elasmobranchs; Immunoglobulin genes; Teleosts; Urodele amphibians

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; AMNION; FISH; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0033215259     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1999.0189     Document Type: Article

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