Epigenetic ontogeny of the Igk locus during B cell development

Nature Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-203

  Goldmit, Maya ^a   Ji, Yanhong ^a   Skok, Jane ^b   Roldan, Esther ^b   Jung, Steffen ^c   Cedar, Howard ^a   Bergmann, Yehudit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; IGK; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ONCOPROTEIN; RELB PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; ZFPN1A1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ACETYLATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 13944262010     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1154     Document Type: Article

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