Variable region diversity of the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) immunoglobulin heavy chain

Immunogenetics

Volumn 51, Issue 8-9, 2000, Pages 670-680

  Stenvik, Joørgen ^a   Lundbäck, Ann Sofie ^b   Jørgensen, Trond Ø ^a   Pilström, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Diversity; H chain; Ig; VH region

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; FISH; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RABBIT; TROUT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FISHES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ANURA; GADUS MORHUA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0342949466     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510000188     Document Type: Article

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