Antisense transcripts of V(D)J rearrangements; artifacts caused by false priming?

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 2357-2362

  Zhao, Yuan ^a   Dunn Walters, Deborah K ^a   Barone, Francesca ^a   Spencer, Jo ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AID; Antisense; Immunoglobulin; Somatic hypermutation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; NUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; TONSIL CELL;

ARTIFACTS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; EXONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, ANTISENSE; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67349200276     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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