Characterization of the torafugu (Takifugu rubripes) immunoglobulin heavy chain gene locus

Immunogenetics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 179-193

  Fu, Xi ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Tan, Engkong ^a   Watabe, Shugo ^b   Asakawa, Shuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene locus; IMGT; Immunoglobulin heavy chain; Takifugu rubripes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN T; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FISH PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PUFFER FISH; SPLEEN; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FISH PROTEINS; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOGENES; SPLEEN; TAKIFUGU;

EID: 84925504559     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-014-0824-z     Document Type: Article

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