Analysis of immunoglobulin transcripts in the ostrich Struthio camelus, a primitive avian species.

Analysis of immunoglobulin transcripts in the ostrich Struthio camelus, a primitive avian species.

Previous studies on the immunoglobulin (Ig) genes in avian species are limited (mainly to galliformes and anseriformes) but have revealed several interesting features, including the absence of the IgD and Igκ encoding genes, inversion of the IgA encoding gene and the use of gene conversion as the pr...

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Main Authors: Tian Huang, Min Zhang, Zhiguo Wei, Ping Wang, Yi Sun, Xiaoxiang Hu, Liming Ren, Qingyong Meng, Ran Zhang, Ying Guo, Lennart Hammarstrom, Ning Li, Yaofeng Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3315531?pdf=render

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