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Antisense Intergenic Transcription Precedes Igh D-to-J Recombination and Is Controlled by the Intronic Enhancer Eμ

Daniel J. Bolland1 Laboratory of Chromatin and Gene Expression, Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, CambridgeCB22 3AT, United Kingdom
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Andrew L. Wood1 Laboratory of Chromatin and Gene Expression, Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, CambridgeCB22 3AT, United Kingdom
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Roshi Afshar2 Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee37232
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Karen Featherstone1 Laboratory of Chromatin and Gene Expression, Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, CambridgeCB22 3AT, United Kingdom
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Eugene M. Oltz2 Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee37232
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Anne E. Corcoran1 Laboratory of Chromatin and Gene Expression, Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, CambridgeCB22 3AT, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 5523-5533 | Received 22 Dec 2006, Accepted 16 May 2007, Published online: 27 Mar 2023

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