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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Main Author: Barbara K Birshtein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2012.00251/full