A region of 20 bp repeats lies 3′ of human Ig Cα1 and Cα2 genes

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-122

  Chen, Chaoqun ^a   Birshtein, Barbara K ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Epstein Barr virus; Murine C gene; Switch sequences

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; POLYADENYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INTRON; LYMPHOMA CELL LINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SWITCH REGION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 0030030952     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.1.115     Document Type: Article

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