Frequency and genetic characterization of V(DD)J recombinants in the human peripheral blood antibody repertoire

Immunology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-64

  Briney, Bryan S ^a   Willis, Jordan R ^a   Hicar, Mark D ^b   Thomas, James W ^a,b   Crowe, James E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody responses; B cell receptor; Immunogenetics; Immunoglobulins

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; V(D)J RECOMBINATION;

EID: 84864762364     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2012.03605.x     Document Type: Article

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