IMGT® Immunoglobulin Repertoire Analysis and Antibody Humanization

Molecular Biology of B Cells: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 481-514

  Lefranc, Marie Paule ^a  

^a UMR 9002 CNRS UM   (France)

Author keywords

Antibody humanization; IMGT; IMGT Collier de Perles; IMGT unique numbering; IMGT ONTOLOGY; Immune repertoire; Immunogenetics; Immunoglobulin; Immunoinformatics; Next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942162710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397933-9.00026-6     Document Type: Chapter

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