Genetic and epigenetic regulation of tcrb gene assembly

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 356, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-116

  Sikes, Michael L ^a   Oltz, Eugene M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; T cell receptor genes; Thymocytes; Transcription; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ANTIGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T CELL RECEPTOR BETA GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857728391     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82_2011_138     Document Type: Article

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