The transcription factor Oct2A enhances V(D)J recombination in fibroblasts

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-329

  Dobbeling U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINE; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029795617     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1996.d01-316.x     Document Type: Article

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