Developmental Separation of V (D)J Recombinase Expression and Initiation of IgH Recombination in B Lineage Progenitors In Vivo

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 483-489

  Borghesi, Lisa ^a   Gerstein, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphopolesis; Chromatin; Hematopoiesis; Immunoglobulin heavy chain; V (D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 1242321097     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20031802     Document Type: Article

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