A novel element upstream of the Vγ2 gene in the murine T cell receptor γ locus cooperates with the 3' enhancer to act as a locus control region

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 669-679

  Baker, Jeanne E ^a   Kang, Joonsoo ^a   Xiong, Na ^a   Chen, Tempe ^a   Cado, Dragana ^a   Raulet, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Locus control region; T cell receptor ; Transcription; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032875594     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.190.5.669     Document Type: Article

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