Gene segment selection in V(D)J recombination: Accessibility and beyond

Nature Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 624-630

  Krangel, Michael S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMATIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037625160     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni0703-624     Document Type: Review

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