Selection of Ig μ Heavy Chains by Complementarity-Determining Region 3 Length and Amino Acid Composition

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4663-4671

  Martin, Denise A ^a   Bradl, Harald ^b   Collins, Tara J ^a   Roth, Edith ^b   Jäck, Hans Martin ^b   Wu, Gillian E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; HISTIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SELECTION; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142211139     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.9.4663     Document Type: Article

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