Processing of switch transcripts is required for targeting of antibody class switch recombination

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2369-2374

  Hein, Katharina ^a   Lorenz, Matthias G O ^b   Siebenkotten, Gregor ^c   Petry, Katja ^a   Christine, Rainer ^a   Radbruch, Andreas ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c C/o Deutsches Rheuma FB   (Germany)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Class switch; Recombination; Splicing; Switch transcript

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SWITCH REGION; INTERLEUKIN-4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0032416146     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.12.2369     Document Type: Article

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