Association between the Igk and Igh immunoglobulin loci mediated by the 3′ Igk enhancer induces 'decontraction' of the Igh locus in pre-B cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 396-404

  Hewitt, Susannah L ^a   Farmer, Deborah ^b   Marszalek, Katarzyna ^a   Cadera, Emily ^c   Liang, Hong Erh ^c,e   Xu, Yang ^d   Schlissel, Mark S ^c   Skok, Jane A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SECTION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

3' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 40949152727     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1567     Document Type: Article

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