Antibody repertoire in a mouse with a simplified DH locus: The D-limited mouse

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 987, Issue , 2003, Pages 262-265

  Ippolito, Gregory C ^a   Pelkonen, Jukka ^b   Nitschke, Lars ^c   Rajewsky, Klaus ^d   Schroeder Jr , Harry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; CDR3; Repertoire

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SERINE; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYDROPHILICITY; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPLEEN; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038240881     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb06058.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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