Histone 3 lysine 4 methylation during the pre-B to immature B-cell transition

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1942-1947

  Perkins, Eric J ^a   Kee, Barbara L ^c   Ramsden, Dale A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; LYSINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HISTONES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 3042750473     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh523     Document Type: Article

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