Immunoglobulin light (IgL) chains in ectothermic vertebrates

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 906-915

  Edholm, Eva Stina ^a   Wilson, Melanie ^a   Bengten, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectothermic vertebrates; Gene organization; Gene regulation; IgL isotypes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DELTA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELASMOBRANCHII; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEOST; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959559917     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 0145305X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.01.012     Document Type: Review

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