Analysis of Mutational Lineage Trees from Sites of Primary and Secondary Ig Gene Diversification in Rabbits and Chickens

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4790-4796

  Mehr, Ramit ^a   Edelman, Hanna ^a   Sehgal, Devinder ^b   Mage, Rose ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ALGORITHM; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BURSA FABRICII; CELL LINEAGE; CHICKEN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

EID: 1842529304     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.8.4790     Document Type: Article

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