B lymphocyte selection and age-related changes in V(H) gene usage in mutant Alicia rabbits

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3313-3320

  Zhu, Xiaocui ^a   Boonthum, Anusorn ^a,b   Zhai, Shi Kang ^a   Knight, Katherine L ^a,c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CODON USAGE; EPITOPE MAPPING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; RABBITS;

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