R-loops at immunoglobulin class switch regions in the chromosomes of stimulated B cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 442-451

  Yu, Kefei ^a   Chedin, Frederic ^a   Hsieh, Chih Lin ^a   Wilson, Thomas E ^a   Lieber, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MINICHROMOSOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SWITCH REGION; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037650190     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni919     Document Type: Article

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