Developmental regulation of immune system gene rearrangement

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-69

  Cedar, Howard ^a   Bergman, Yehudit ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOID CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0033002383     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(99)80012-0     Document Type: Article

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