A T cell controlled molecular pathway regulating the IgH locus: CD40-mediated activation of the IgH 3' enhancer

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6691-6700

  Grant, Patrick A ^a   Andersson, Tove ^a   Neurath, Markus F ^b   Arulampalam, Velmurugesan ^a   Bauch, Angela ^c   Müller, Ralph ^c   Reth, Michael ^c   Pettersson, Sven ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

AP 1; B lymphocyte; CD40; Gene regulation; IgM

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029831707     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01059.x     Document Type: Article

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