B Lineage-specific Regulation of V(D)J Recombinase Activity Is Established in Common Lymphoid Progenitors

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 491-502

  Borghesi, Lisa ^a   Hsu, Lih Yun ^b   Miller, Juli P ^c   Anderson, Michael ^e   Herzenberg, Leonard ^d   Herzenberg, Leonore ^d   Schlissel, Mark S ^b   Allman, David ^c   Gerstein, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

B lymphopoiesis; Hematopoiesis; Lineage restriction; Stem cell; Transcription; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BONE MARROW CELL; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 1242298592     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20031800     Document Type: Article

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