Rearrangement of immunoglobulin genes in shark germ cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1637-1647

  Lee, Susan S ^a   Fitch, David ^b   Flajnik, Martin F ^c   Hsu, Ellen ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Germline joining; Immunoglobulin genes; Light chain; Rearrangement; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERM CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GERM CELLS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHARKS;

EID: 0034658657     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.10.1637     Document Type: Article

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