B Cells Genetically Deficient in the c-Rel Transactivation Domain Have Selective Defects in Germline CH Transcription and Ig Class Switching

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3133-3139

  Zelazowski, Piotr ^a   Carrasco, Daniel ^b   Rosas, Fabio R ^a   Moorman, Mark A ^a   Bravo, Rodrigo ^b   Snapper, Clifford M ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ONCOPROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALPHA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN EPSILON-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GAMMA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-REL; RNA; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031252287     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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