The B29 (immunoglobulin β-chain) gene is a genetic target for early B- cell factor

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 392-401

  Åkerblad, Peter ^a   Rosberg, Maria ^a   Leanderson, Tomas ^a   Sigvardsson, Mikael ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BETA CHAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032909652     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.1.392     Document Type: Article

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