AID targeting is dependent on RNA polymerase II pausing

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 281-286

  Kenter, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

AID targeting; Epigenetic modifications; Germline transcription; RNA polymerase II pausing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DNA HYBRID; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; E BOX ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HOX GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA CAPPING; RNA SPLICING; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; SPLICEOSOME; SYNAPTOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

ANIMALS; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84865193126     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: 10963618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2012.06.001     Document Type: Review

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