High-throughput antibody sequencing reveals genetic evidence of global regulation of the nave and memory repertoires that extends across individuals

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 469-473

  Briney, B S ^a   Willis, J R ^a   McKinney, B A ^b   Crowe Jr , J E ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antibodies; antibody; antibody specificity; binding sites; immunologic memory

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY REPERTOIRE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMORY CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; V(D)J RECOMBINATION;

EID: 84865631443     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2012.20     Document Type: Article

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