Differential accessibility at the κ chain locus plays a role in allelic exclusion

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 5255-5261

  Goldmit, Maya ^a   Schlissel, Mark ^a   Cedar, Howard ^a   Bergman, Yehudit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methylation; DNase I sensitivity; Double strand breaks; V(D)J rearrangement

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA METHYLATION; FEEDBACK; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROBABILITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036792721     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf518     Document Type: Article

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