The lingering enigma of the allelic exclusion mechanism

Cell

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 539-544

  Mostoslavsky, Raul ^a   Alt, Frederick W ^a   Rajewsky, Klaus ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ALLELE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CIS ISOMER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; EXON; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRANSGENE;

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EID: 4444342835     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.08.023     Document Type: Review

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