Somatic Hypermutation of a λ2 Transgene under the Control of the λ Enhancer or the Heavy Chain Intron Enhancer

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4458-4463

  Klotz, Emily L ^a   Storb, Ursula ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRON; L CELL; MOUSE; MUTATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; INTRONS; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0030588542     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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