Oct proteins are qualitative rather than quantitative regulators of κ transcription

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 979-986

  Liberg, David ^a   Sigvardsson, Mikael ^a   Leanderson, Tomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin; Octamer; Transcription.

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; OLIGOMER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPLEEN CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031431595     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00132-6     Document Type: Article

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