Mutational analysis of immunoglobulin germline derived Vλ4A light chains in rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 276-282

  Semrad, Thomas J ^a   Kenny, Thomas P ^a   Malyj, Wasyl ^b   Robbins, Dick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin genes; Lambda light chains; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; PRIMER DNA;

AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 16344380240     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clim.2001.5006     Document Type: Article

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