Germline transcription and switch recombination of a transgene containing the entire H chain constant region locus: Effect of a mutation in a STAT6 binding site in the γ1 promoter

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5531-5539

  Dunnick, Wesley A ^a   Shi, Jian ^a   Graves, Kevin A ^a   Collins, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; RECOMBINANT DNA; STAT6 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 6344272991     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.9.5531     Document Type: Article

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