Conserved variation: Identifying patterns of stability and variability in BCR and TCR v genes with different diversity and richness metrics

Physical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Schwartz, Gregory W ^a   Hershberg, Uri ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; ARTICLE;

ALLELES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MODELS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 84878854984     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/10/3/035005     Document Type: Article

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