Chromosomal position of a VH gene segment determines its activation and inactivation as a substrate for V(D)J recombination

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 204, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3247-3256

  Bates, Jamie Geier ^a,b   Cado, Dragana ^a   Nolla, Hector ^a   Schlissel, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; VH GENE; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; RECOMBINASE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 37549065849     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20071787     Document Type: Article

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