IgA class switch in Iα exon-deficient mice: Role of germline transcription in class switch recombination

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 477-485

  Harriman, Gregory R ^a   Bradley, Allan ^a   Das, Shalini ^a   Rogers Fani, Pamela ^a   Davis, Ann C ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Genetic transcription; IgA; Immunoglobulin class switching; TGF

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 5; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EXON; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030030669     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118438     Document Type: Article

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