Expression of the immunoglobulin VH gene 51p1 is proportional to its germline gene copy number

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2074-2080

  Sasso, Eric H ^a,c   Johnson, Todd ^b   Kipps, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Gene dosage; Gene expression; Genes, immunoglobulin VH germline; RFLP

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 14; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSIL; ADULT; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE DOSAGE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TONSIL; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0029664291     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118644     Document Type: Article

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