Diverse Forms of Immunoglobulin Genes in Lower Vertebrates

Molecular Biology of B Cells

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 417-432

  Litman, Gary W ^a,b,c   Flajnik, Martin F ^d   Warr, Gregory W ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012053641-2/50028-9     Document Type: Chapter

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