The 3′ end of the heavy chain constant region locus enhances germline transcription and switch recombination of the four γ genes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1459-1466

  Dunnick, Wesley A ^a   Shi, Jian ^a   Graves, Kevin A ^a   Collins, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GAMMA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 18644379542     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20041988     Document Type: Article

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