RAGs' eye view of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene locus

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 337-345

  Subrahmanyam, Ramesh ^a   Sen, Ranjan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Enhancer; Epigenetics; Immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN H3K4ME2; PROTEIN H3K4ME3; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; TRICHOSTATIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENOMICS; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 78249282286     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2010.08.003     Document Type: Review

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