The transcriptional promoter regulates hypermutation of the antibody heavy chain locus

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-250

  Tumas Brundage, Kathleen ^a   Manser, Tim ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; FOUNDER EFFECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031041632     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.2.239     Document Type: Article

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