Rules for the rearrangement events at the L chain gene loci of the mouse

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 596, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-70

  Melchers, Fritz ^a,b   Yamagami, Tamotsu ^c   Rolink, Antonius ^c   Andersson, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE LOCUS; HEAVY CHAIN; LIGHT CHAIN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84934441701     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-46530-8_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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