Cell-free recombination of immunoglobulin switch-region DNA with nuclear extracts

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-151

  Zhang, Ke ^a   Cheah, Hai Kit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; B lymphocytes; Gene rearrangement; Isotype switching

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; CELL DNA; CELL EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033972656     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clim.1999.4824     Document Type: Article

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