Characteristics of human IgA and IgM genes used by plasma cells in the salivary gland resemble those used in duodenum but not those used in the spleen

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1595-1601

  Dunn Walters, Deborah K ^a   Hackett, Margaret ^a   Boursier, Laurent ^a   Ciclitira, Paul J ^b   Morgan, Peter ^a   Challacombe, Stephen J ^a   Spencer, Jo ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; DUODENUM; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SPLEEN;

EID: 0034141730     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.3.1595     Document Type: Article

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