Gene conversion-like sequence transfers in a mouse antibody transgene: Antigen selection allows sensitive detection of V region interactions based on homology

International Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-64

  Tsai, Hwei Fang ^a   D'Avirro, Nicole ^a   Selsing, Erik ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B cells; Generation of diversity; H chain; Ig; Somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENE CONVERSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC SELECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; KARYOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0036155576     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/14.1.55     Document Type: Article

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