Epigenetic control of recombination in the immune system

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 323-329

  Bergman, Yehudit ^a   Cedar, Howard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asynchronous DNA replication; Chromatin accessibility; DNA methylation; Locus contraction and decontraction; V(D)J rearrangement

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; PROTEIN H3K4; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NUCLEOSOME; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VDJ EXONS;

EID: 78249266271     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2010.07.003     Document Type: Review

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