IMGT R, the international ImMunoGeneTics information system R 25 years on

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue D1, 2015, Pages D413-D422

  Lefranc, Marie Paule ^a   Giudicelli, Véronique ^a   Duroux, Patrice ^a   Jabado Michaloud, Joumana ^a   Folch, Géraldine ^a   Aouinti, Safa ^a   Carillon, Emilie ^a   Duvergey, Hugo ^a   Houles, Amélie ^a   Paysan Lafosse, Typhaine ^a   Hadi Saljoqi, Saida ^a   Sasorith, Souphatta ^a   Lefranc, Gérard ^a   Kossida, Sofia ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY ENGINEERING; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMMUNOGENETICS; INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOGENETICS INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; ONLINE SYSTEM; ONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ONTOLOGY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INTERNET; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ONTOLOGIES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERNET; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84941032298     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1056     Document Type: Article

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