Deletion of the DQ52 element within the Ig heavy chain locus leads to a selective reduction in VDJ recombination and altered D gene usage

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2540-2552

  Nitschke, L ^a   Kestler, J ^a   Tallone, T ^a   Pelkonen, S ^a   Pelkonen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; RNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MARROW CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 0035865342     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2540     Document Type: Article

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