Pax5 Activates Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain V to DJ Rearrangement in Transgenic Thymocytes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 825-830

  Hsu, Lih Yun ^a   Liang, Hong Erh ^a   Johnson, Kristen ^b   Kang, Chulho ^a   Schlissel, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression regulation; Immunoglobulin; Lymphocyte development; Transgenesis; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SELECTINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 1642323620     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20032249     Document Type: Article

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