Expression of individual immunoglobulin genes occurs in an unusual system consisting of multiple independent loci

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2551-2558

  Eason, Donna D ^a,b   Litman, Ronda T ^c   Luer, Carl A ^d   Kerr, William ^b   Litman, Gary W ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilaginous fish; Germ line joined; Haplotype exclusion; PCR; Peripheral blood lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC CELL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; ELECTRIC FISH; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HAPLOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SKATES (FISH);

EID: 4644250956     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425224     Document Type: Article

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