Molecular cloning of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) immunglobulin E heavy chain constant region

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1255-1261

  Belov, Katherine ^a   Harrison, Gavan A ^b   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

Brushtail possum; Constant region; Heavy chain; IgE; Marsupial; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA LIBRARY; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPOSSUMS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; EUTHERIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; PHALANGERIDAE; RODENTIA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0033501509     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(99)00097-8     Document Type: Article

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