Switch recombination in a transfected plasmid occurs preferentially in a B cell line that undergoes switch recombination of its chromosomal Ig heavy chain genes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2028-2040

  Stavnezer, Janet ^a   Bradley, Sean P ^a   Rousseau, Norman ^a   Pearson, Todd ^a   Shanmugam, Ananth ^b   Waite, Debra J ^a   Rogers, Paul R ^a   Kenter, Amy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IONOMYCIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PLASMID DNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMACYTOMA; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033566999     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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