Ig heavy chain class switching in rag-deficient mice

International Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-332

  Lansford, Rusty ^a,b,c   Manis, John P ^a,b   Sonoda, Eiichiro ^d   Rajewsky, Klaus ^d   Alt, Frederick W ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ig class switch recombination; RAG 1; RAG 2

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 0031891768     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/10.3.325     Document Type: Article

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