γ1 Heavy Chain Transgenes Are Responsive to IFN-γ Repression and CD40 Ligation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4564-4573

  Elenich, Laura A ^a,b   Ford, Charleen S ^a   Collins, John T ^a   Dunnick, Wesley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENES, SWITCH; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031570108     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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