A developmentally modulated chromatin structure at the mouse immunoglobulin κ 3′ enhancer

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3138-3155

  Roque, Maria C ^a   Smith, Patricia A ^a   Blasquez, Veronica C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PLASMA CELL; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; METHYLATION; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029941381     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.6.3138     Document Type: Article

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