A conserved transcriptional enhancer regulates RAG gene expression in developing B cells

Immunity

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-117

  Hsu, Lih Yun ^a,b   Lauring, Josh ^b   Liang, Hong Erh ^a   Greenbaum, Stephen ^c   Cado, Dragana ^a   Zhuang, Yuan ^c   Schlissel, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GERM LINE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAG GENE; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0038783576     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(03)00181-X     Document Type: Article

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