Immunoinformatics of the V, C, and G domains: IMGT® Definitive system for IG, TR and IgSF, MH, and MhSF

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1184, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-107

  Lefranc, Marie Paule ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

Antibody; IMGT; IMGT Collier de Perles; IMGT unique numbering; IMGT ONTOLOGY; Immunogenetics; Immunoglobulin; Immunoinformatics; Major histocompatibility; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; HYDROGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUPERFAMILY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY SUPERFAMILY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLASMA PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRASTUZUMAB; TRASTUZUMAB EMTANSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; BETA TURN; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GROOVE REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY TEST KIT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; VDJ RECOMBINATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INTERNET; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERNET; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84925883851     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1115-8_4     Document Type: Review

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