The immunoglobulin δ gene in jawed vertebrates: A comparative overview

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 975-981

  Sun, Yi ^a   Wei, Zhiguo ^b   Hammarstrom, Lennart ^c   Zhao, Yaofeng ^a,d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin gene; Jawed vertebrates

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DELTA GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEOST; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE;

AVES; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE);

EID: 79959567868     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 0145305X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.12.010     Document Type: Review

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