The role of CTCF binding sites in the 3’ immunoglobulin heavy chain regulatory region
The immunoglobulin heavy chain locus undergoes a series of DNA rearrangements and modifications to achieve the construction and expression of individual antibody heavy chain genes in B cells. These events affect variable regions, through VDJ joining and subsequent somatic hypermutation, and constant...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2012.00251/full |