Tetrameric and homodimeric camelid iggs originate from the same IgH locus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 2001-2009

  Achour, Ikbel ^a   Cavelier, Patricia ^c   Tichit, Magali ^b   Bouchier, Christiane ^b   Lafaye, Pierre ^a   Rougeon, François ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HOMODIMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN H; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TETRAMER; TRANSLOCON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME 4; CODING; COSMID; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETICS; HEAVY CHAIN; IGH LOCUS; LAMA PACOS; LIGHT CHAIN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CAMEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIMERIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CAMELS; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 49649115313     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.3.2001     Document Type: Article

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