Evidence for class-specific factors in immunoglobulin isotype switching

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1365-1380

  Shanmugam, Ananth ^a   Shi, Meng Jiao ^b   Yauch, Lauren ^a   Stavnezer, Janet ^b   Kenter, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin; Isotype switch; PCR; Plasmid assay; Transient transfection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034678391     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.8.1365     Document Type: Article

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