Interallelic class switch recombination contributes significantly to class switching in mouse B cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6176-6183

  Reynaud, Stéphane ^a   Delpy, Laurent ^a   Fleury, Laurence ^a   Dougier, Hei Lanne ^a   Sirac, Christophe ^a   Cogné, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELISM; ALLOTYPE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; LYMPHOMA; MOUSE; MYELOMA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 18644380562     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.10.6176     Document Type: Article

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