Regulation of RAG expression in developing lymphocytes

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-190

  Nagaoka, Hitoshi ^a   Yu, Wong ^a   Nussenzweig, Michel C ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PROLYMPHOCYTE; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0034093662     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(99)00070-9     Document Type: Review

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