A multifunctional element in the mouse Igκ locus that specifies repertoire and Ig loci subnuclear location

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5356-5366

  Xiang, Yougui ^a   Zhou, Xiaorong ^a,b   Hewitt, Susannah L ^c   Skok, Jane A ^c   Garrard, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c New York School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; IGH GENE; IGK GENE; IGL GENE; INTRANUCLEAR SPACE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIS GENE; SPLEEN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79955525583     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003794     Document Type: Article

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