SAIVGeM: Spreadsheet analysis of immunoglobulin VH gene mutations

BioTechniques

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 353-357

  Messmer, Bradley T ^a,b  

^a Institute for Medical Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEINS;

COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS (CDR); GENE MUTATIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN VARIABLE (IGHV); NUCLEOTIDE;

GENES;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VH GENE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALGORITHMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SOFTWARE; WORD PROCESSING;

EID: 27744525939     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/05393ST03     Document Type: Article

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