H3 trimethyl K9 and H3 acetyl K9 chromatin modifications are associated with class switch recombination

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5288-5293

  Kuang, Fei Li ^a   Luo, Zhonghui ^a,b   Scharff, Matthew D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation induced cytoside deaminase; B cells; ChIP; Immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; HISTONE; TRIMETHYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROCHROMATIN; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT GENE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; HISTONES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 65249129851     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901368106     Document Type: Article

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