Accessibility and the developmental regulation of V(D)J recombination

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-170

  Schlissel, Mark S ^a   Stanhope Baker, Patricia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Chromatin; Enhancer; Lymphocyte development; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031171282     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1997.0066     Document Type: Article

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