CTCF and ncRNA regulate the three-dimensional structure of antigen receptor loci to facilitate V(D)J recombination

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Choi, Nancy M ^a   Feeney, Ann J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen receptor; Chromatin; Chromatin loop; CTCF; Histone modification; Non coding RNA; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 7; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BIOINFORMATICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; HISTONE METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; THYMOCYTE; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

EID: 84895556785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00049     Document Type: Review

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