Promotion of V(D)J recombinational accessibility by the intronic Ek element: Role of the κB motif

International Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1995-2003

  Demengeot, Jocelyne ^a,b,d   Oltz, Eugene M ^a,c   Alt, Frederick W ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; K enhancer; KB motif; Methylation; Transcription; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA PRIMERS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; INTRONS; METHYLATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0029584058     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/7.12.1995     Document Type: Article

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