Immunoglobulin transgenes as targets for somatic hypermutation

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 977-982

  Storb, Ursula ^a   Peters, Andrew ^a   Klotz, Emily ^a,b   Kim, Nayun ^a   Shen, Hong Ming ^a   Hackett, John ^a,c   Rogerson, Brian ^a,d   O'Brien, Rebecca ^a,e   Martin, Terence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin genes; Somatic hypermutation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA STRUCTURE; SOMATIC MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0031772111     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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