Pax5 induces V-to-DJ rearrangements and locus contraction of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 411-422

  Fuxa, Martin ^a   Skok, Jane ^b   Souabni, Abdallah ^a   Salvagiotto, Giorgia ^a   Roldan, Esther ^b   Busslinger, Meinrad ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin heavy chain; Locus contraction; Pax5 BSAP; Subnuclear location; T cells; VH DJH recombination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1542343974     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.291504     Document Type: Article

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