Three IgH isotypes, IgM, IgA and IgY are expressed in Gentoo penguin and zebra finch.

Previous studies on a limited number of birds suggested that the IgD-encoding gene was absent in birds. However, one of our recent studies showed that the gene was definitely expressed in the ostrich and emu. Interestingly, we also identified subclass diversification of IgM and IgY in these two bird...

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Main Authors: Binyue Han, Yan Li, Haitang Han, Yaofeng Zhao, Qingjie Pan, Liming Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5389807?pdf=render