Immunoglobulin class-switch recombination in mice devoid of any Sμ tandem repeat

Blood

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3828-3836

  Khamlichi, Ahmed Amine ^a   Glaudet, Florence ^b   Oruc, Zeliha ^b   Denis, Vincent ^b   Le Bert, Marc ^b   Cogné, Michel ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; C MU SEQUENCE; CLASS SWITCH RECOMBINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; E MU SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; EXON; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM LINE; I MU SEQUENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; S MU SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPLEEN CELL; SWITCH SEQUENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 2342508343     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-10-3470     Document Type: Article

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