Regulation of antigen receptor gene assembly by genetic-epigenetic crosstalk

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 313-322

  Osipovich, Oleg ^a   Oltz, Eugene M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetics; Lymphocyte development; Transcription; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN H3K4ME3; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EPIGENOMICS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 78249257258     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2010.07.001     Document Type: Review

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