Increased phosphorylation of the carboxyl-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II and loading of polyadenylation and cotranscriptional factors contribute to regulation of the Ig heavy chain mRNA in plasma cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 7663-7673

  Shell, Scott A ^a,b   Martincic, Kathleen ^a   Tran, Joseph ^a   Milcarek, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Targeted Molecular Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,6 DICHLOROBENZIMIDAZOLE RIBOSIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 5 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SERINE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMA CELLS; POLYADENYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 38849142608     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.11.7663     Document Type: Article

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