Determination of gene organization in the human IGHV region on single chromosomes

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 186-193

  Chimge, N O ^a   Pramanik, S ^a   Hu, G ^a   Lin, Y ^a   Gao, R ^a   Shen, L ^a   Li, Ho ^a,b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deletion insertion polymorphism; IGHV; Microarray; Multiplex PCR; Single sperm

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOIDY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 18444394036     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364176     Document Type: Article

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