Genetic diversity of the human immunoglobulin heavy chain VH region

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 190, Issue , 2002, Pages 53-68

  Li, Honghua ^a   Cui, Xiangfeng ^a   Pramanik, Sreemanta ^a   Chimge, Nyam Osor ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALLELE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOGENES; SPERMATOZOA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036954986     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065X.2002.19005.x     Document Type: Review

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