Developmental specificity of immunoglobulin heavy chain switch region recombination activities

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-208

  Li, Ming Jie ^a   Chung, Woosik ^a   Maizels, Nancy ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell; Extrachromosomal substrate; Immunoglobulin; Isotype

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ERYTHROID CELL; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOID CELL; MACROPHAGE; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENES, SWITCH; MICE; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030844691     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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