Light chain variable region diversity in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-240

  Widholm, Helena ^a   Lundbäck, Ann Sofie ^a   Daggfeldt, Annika ^a   Magnadottir, Bergljot ^b   Warr, Gregory W ^c   Pilström, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; FISH; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

GADUS MORHUA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0344731444     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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