Antisense intergenic transcription precedes Igh D-to-J recombination and is controlled by the intronic enhancer Eμ

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5523-5533

  Bolland, Daniel J ^a   Wood, Andrew L ^a   Afshar, Roshi ^b   Featherstone, Karen ^a   Oltz, Eugene M ^b   Corcoran, Anne E ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; RECOMBINASE; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IGH GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA, ANTISENSE; DNA, INTERGENIC; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; GERM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTRONS; MICE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MUS;

EID: 34547180324     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.02407-06     Document Type: Article

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