Elucidation of a downstream boundary of the 3′ IgH regulatory region

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 753-760

  Manis, John P ^a,b   Michaelson, Jennifer S ^b   Birshtein, Barbara K ^c   Alt, Frederick W ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Immunoglobulin heavy chain regulatory region; Class switch recombination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENES, REGULATOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037230164     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(02)00256-0     Document Type: Article

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