Immunoglobulin isotypes: Structure, function, and genetics

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 248, Issue , 2000, Pages 189-219

  Bengten E ^a   Wilson, M ^a   Miller, N ^a   Clem, L W ^a   Pilstrom L ^b   Warr, G W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; FOWL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; TELEOST;

EID: 0033952540     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59674-2_9     Document Type: Review

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