Cloning of the IgM heavy chain of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), and initial analysis of VH gene usage

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 551-562

  Lundqvist, Mats L ^a   Kohlberg, Kathleen E ^b   Gefroh, Holly A ^c   Arnaud, Philippe ^a   Middleton, Darlene L ^a   Romano, Tracy A ^d,e   Warr, Gregory W ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

CART motif; Dolphin; IgM; Marine mammal; VH

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DNA LIBRARY; DOLPHIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0036262172     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(02)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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