Down-Regulation of Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase by Ig Heavy Chain in B Lineage Cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1133-1138

  Wasserman, Robert ^a,b   Li, Yue Sheng ^c   Hardy, Richard R ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BONE MARROW CELL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, SCID; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031066917     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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