Germ-line transcription occurs on both the functional and the non-functional alleles of immunoglobulin constant heavy chain genes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2108-2113

  Delpy, Laurent ^a   Le Bert, Marc ^b   Cogné, Michel ^a   Khamlichi, Ahmed Amine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Avan pour l'Experimentation Animale   (France)

Author keywords

B cell; Class switch recombination; Gene targeted mice; Germ line transcription; Immunoglobulin heavy chain locus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0041474757     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200323969     Document Type: Article

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