Epigenetic regulation of antigen receptor gene rearrangement

F1000 Biology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Spicuglia, Salvatore ^a,b,c   Zacarias Cabeza, Joaquin ^a,b,c   Pekowska, Aleksandra ^a,b,c   Ferrier, Pierre ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; DNA RECOMBINATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VDJ EXON;

EID: 77955074562     PISSN: 17404118     EISSN: 1757594X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/B2-23     Document Type: Review

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