Chromatin opening is tightly linked to enhancer activation at the κ light chain locus

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 223-228

  Grange, Sarah ^a   Boyes, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Enhancer; Hypersensitive site; Immunoglobulin; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; MICE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

MUS;

EID: 34548733583     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.08.171     Document Type: Article

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