Individual VH promoters vary in strength, but the frequency of rearrangement of those VH genes does not correlate with promoter strength nor enhancer-independence

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 29-39

  Love, Victoria A ^a,b   Lugo, Geanncarlo ^a,b   Merz, Denise ^a   Feeney, Ann J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Transcription; V(D)J recombinationTranscription; VH gene promoters

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; ENHANCER REGION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TATA BOX;

DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

EID: 0034073719     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(00)00023-7     Document Type: Article

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