| Literature DB >> 6766532 |
M M Davis, K Calame, P W Early, D L Livant, R Joho, I L Weissman, L Hood.
Abstract
The events of B-cell differentiation can be reconstructed in part through an analysis of the organisation of heavy-chain gene segments in differentiated B cells. A mouse immunoglobulin alpha heavy-chain gene is composed of at least three noncontiguous germ-line DNA segments--a VH gene segment, a JH gene segment associated with the Cmu gene segment, and the C alpha gene segment. These gene segments are joined together by two distinct types of DNA rearrangements--a V-J joining and a CH switch.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6766532 DOI: 10.1038/283733a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962