Immunoglobulin genes: Generating diversity with AID and UNG

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2002, Pages

  Storb, Ursula ^a   Stavnezer, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037195272     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01247-2     Document Type: Review

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