The immunoglobulin heavy chain locus in the reptile Anolis carolinensis

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1679-1687

  Deza, Francisco Gambón ^a   Espinel, Christian Sánchez ^a   Mompó, Susana Magadán ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

^b Inst Sup de Saude do Alto Ave   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibody phylogeny; Immunoglobulin genes; Reptile immunity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y; ISOTOPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; ARTICLE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AMPHIBIA; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 64549145398     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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