Coordinate transcription and V(D)J recombination of the kappa immunoglobulin light-chain locus: NF-κB-dependent and -independent pathways of activation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3477-3487

  O'Brien, Darin P ^a   Oltz, Eugene M ^b   Van Ness, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS TRANSFORMATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030917138     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.7.3477     Document Type: Article

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