Ig synthesis and class switching do not require the presence of the hs4 enhancer in the 3′ IgH regulatory region

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 6926-6932

  Vincent Fabert, Christelle ^a   Truffinet, Véronique ^a   Fiancette, Remi ^a   Cogné, Nadine ^a   Cogné, Michel ^a   Denizot, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; ENHANCER REGION; GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPLEEN;

EID: 67449113516     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900214     Document Type: Article

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