Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal pigs. VII. Characterization of the preimmune κ light chain repertoire

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6794-6805

  Butler, John E ^a   Wertz, Nancy ^a   Sun, Jishan ^a   Wang, Huang ^a   Chardon, Patrick ^b   Piumi, Francois ^b   Wells, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c REVIVICOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; POLYNUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

EID: 9144269940     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.11.6794     Document Type: Article

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