Involvement of the E2A basic helix-loop-helix protein in immunoglobulin heavy chain class switching

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 947-956

  Goldfarb, Adam N ^a   Flores, Juan Pablo ^a   Lewandowska, Kristine ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene; Helix loop helix; Immunoglobulin; Recombination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINE; DEVELOPMENT; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030221916     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(96)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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