Major histocompatibility complex and immunoglobulin loci visualized by in situ hybridization on Xenopus chromosomes

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-157

  Courtet, M ^a   Flajnik, M ^b   Du Pasquier, L ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

FISH technique; MHC class Ia; MHC class Ib; Polyploidy; Variable region genes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEGREGATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0035217211     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(00)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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