Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement in B cell deficient mice generated by targeted deletion of the JH locus

International Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 647-656

  Chen, Jianzhu ^a   Trounstine, Mary ^a,b   Alt, Frederick W ^c   Young, Faith ^c   Kurahara, Carole ^a,b   Loring, Jeanne F ^a,b   Huszar, Dennis ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GenPharm International   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

B cell deficient mice; B cell development; Ig gene rearrangement; JH locus; Targeted mutation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LEUKOSIALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; STEM CELL;

ANIMAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, HEAVY-CHAIN; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027305425     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/5.6.647     Document Type: Article

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