Variegated expression of the endogenous immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene in the absence of the intronic locus control region

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 7031-7040

  Ronai, Diana ^a,b   Berru, Maribel ^a   Shulman, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032827115     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.10.7031     Document Type: Article

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