Nucleotide excision repair in an immunoglobulin variable gene is less efficient than in a housekeeping gene

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2800-2805

  Alrefai, Rudaina H ^a   Winter, David B ^a   Bohr, Vilhelm A ^a   Gearhart, Patricia J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Dihydrofolate reductase gene; Immunoglobulin gene; Nucleotide excision repair; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBUTANE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIMER; PYRIMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

MURINAE;

EID: 33947102036     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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