Expression of the (recombinant) endogenous immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus requires the intronic matrix attachment regions

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2658-2668

  Oancea, Adriana E ^a   Berru, Maribel ^a   Shulman, Marc J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALIA; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

EID: 0030908999     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.5.2658     Document Type: Article

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