Complete sequence assembly and characterization of the C57BL/6 mouse Ig heavy chain V region

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 4221-4234

  Johnston, Colette M ^a,b   Wood, Andrew L ^a   Bolland, Daniel J ^a   Corcoran, Anne E ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VH16 GENE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; C57BL MOUSE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33646071250     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.7.4221     Document Type: Article

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