The porcine Ig δ gene: Unique chimeric splicing of the first constant region domain in its heavy chain transcripts

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1312-1318

  Zhao, Yaofeng ^a,c   Pan Hammarström, Qiang ^a   Kacskovics, Imre ^b   Hammarström, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Center for Biotechnology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SWINE;

EID: 0041344381     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.3.1312     Document Type: Article

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