Identification of a tissue- and differentiation stage-specific enhancer of the VpreB1 gene

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 787-798

  Persson, Christine ^a   Mårtensson, Annica ^a   Me̊rtensson, Inga Lill ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

B cell development; Early B cell factor; Enhancer; Transcriptional control; VpreB

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE MAPPING; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031929491     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199803)28:03<787::AID-IMMU787>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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