The complete map of the Ig heavy chain constant gene region reveals evidence for seven IgG isotypes and for IgD in the horse

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 3230-3242

  Wagner, Bettina ^a,c   Miller, Donald C ^a   Lear, Teri L ^b   Antczak, Douglas F ^a  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME 14; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORSE; IGHC GENE; IGHD GENE; IGHG3 GENE; IGHG4 GENE; IGHG7 GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 4344665015     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.5.3230     Document Type: Article

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