Regulation of IgH gene assembly: Role of the intronic enhancer and 5′DQ52 region in targeting DHJH recombination

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2439-2447

  Afshar, Roshi ^a   Pierce, Steven ^a   Bolland, Daniel J ^b   Corcoran, Anne ^b   Oltz, Eugene M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 32044444420     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.4.2439     Document Type: Article

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