Evolution and somatic diversification of immunoglobulin light chains

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 248, Issue , 2000, Pages 285-300

  Lee, S S ^a   Greenberg, A ^b   Hsu, E ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHARK; SOMATIC MUTATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033970136     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59674-2_13     Document Type: Review

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