The kappa gene repertoire of human neonatal B cells

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1113-1127

  Girschick, Hermann J ^a,c   Lipsky, Peter E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; CD5; Cord blood; Secondary gene rearrangement; V kappa repertoire

Indexed keywords

CD5 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; EXONUCLEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; FETUS BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONUCLEASES; FETAL BLOOD; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 0036284914     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(02)00039-1     Document Type: Article

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