Immunoglobulin genomics in the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Guo, Yongchen ^a   Bao, Yonghua ^b   Meng, Qingwen ^c   Hu, Xiaoxiang ^a   Meng, Qingyong ^a   Ren, Liming ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Zhao, Yaofeng ^a,d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE POOL; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; GENOMICS; GERM LINE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN GENE; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS;

EID: 84862663739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039298     Document Type: Article

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