Identification of four allelic variants of the dog IGHA gene

Immunogenetics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 254-260

  Peters, Iain R ^a   Helps, Chris R ^a   Calvert, Emma L ^b   Hall, Edward J ^a   Day, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allele; Dog; Hinge; IgA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALLELE; ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LAGOMORPHA; PRIMATES;

EID: 4344617732     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0686-x     Document Type: Article

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