Analysis of Ig κ light chain gene variable regions expressed in the rheumatoid synovial B cells

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 503-509

  Pyon, H S ^a,b   Ha Lee, Y M ^a   Song, G G ^a   Sohn, J ^a,b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNOVIUM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0035041180     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2001.053005503.x     Document Type: Article

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