A 125 bp region of the Ig V(H)1 promoter is sufficient to confer lymphocyte-specific expression in transgenic mice

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1359-1366

  Avitahl, Nicole ^a,b   Calame, Kathryn ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ig; Matrix attachment region; Promoter; Transgenic; V(H)1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029814272     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.9.1359     Document Type: Article

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