Dynamic chromatin remodeling in the vicinity of J chain gene for the regulation of two stage-specific genes during B cell differentiation

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-37

  Kang, Chang Joong ^a   Oh, Uhtaek ^a   Koshland, Marian Elliott ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B Cell Differentiation; Chromatin; DNase I Hypersensitive Site; J Chain Enhancer

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DIMETHYL SULFATE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN; SULFATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING SITE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMA CELL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J-CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMA CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034728269     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-000-0032-6     Document Type: Article

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