Partitioning of Rearranged Ig Genes by Mutation Analysis Demonstrates D-D Fusion and V Gene Replacement in the Expressed Human Repertoire

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 340-348

  Collins, Andrew M ^a   Ikutani, Masashi ^a   Puiu, Daniela ^b   Buck, Gregory A ^b   Nadkarni, Aradhita ^a   Gaeta, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346103724     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.1.340     Document Type: Article

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