High resolution analysis of the chromatin landscape of the igE switch region in human B cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Dayal, Sandeep ^a   Nedbal, Jakub ^b,c   Hobson, Philip ^b,c   Cooper, Alison M ^b,c   Gould, Hannah J ^b,c   Gellert, Martin ^a   Felsenfeld, Gary ^a   Fear, David J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; ANTIBODY; CD40 ANTIBODY; HISTONE H3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD40 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLASS SWITCH RECOMBINATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NUCLEOSOME; ADOLESCENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHILD; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PALATINE TONSIL; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, CD40; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SWITCH REGION; INTERLEUKIN-4; PALATINE TONSIL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80052929341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024571     Document Type: Article

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