Section: Publications

Rachel Gerstein, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Other Affiliation(s):
   Center for AIDS Research
   Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
   Program in Immunology and Virology

Representative Publications

Gerstein, R. M. (1996). The Generation of Junctional Diversity by V(D)J Recombination. In The Handbook of Experimental Immunology. Third Edition. Weir, Herzenberg, Blackwell and Herzenberg, Eds.

Khan, W. N., F. W. Alt, R. M. Gerstein, B. A. Malynn, I. Larsson, G. Rathbun, L. Davidson, S. Müller, A. B. Kantor, L.A. Herzenberg, F. S. Rosen, and P. Sideras (1995). Defective B cell development and function in Btk deficient mice. Immunity 3(3): 283-300.

Lieber, M. R., C.-P. Chang, M. Gallo, G. Gauss, R. Gerstein, and A. Islas (1994). The mechanism of V(D)J recombination: site-specificity, reaction fidelity and immunologic diversity. Seminars in Immunology 6:143-153.

Gerstein, R. M. and M. R. Lieber (1993). Coding exon sequence can markedly affect the initiation of V(D)J recombination. Genes and Dev 7:1459-1469.

Gerstein, R. M. and M. R. Lieber (1993). The extent to which homology can constrain coding exon diversity in V(D)J recombination. Nature 363: 625-627.

Office: S5-214
Phone: 508-856-1044
E-mail: Rachel.Gerstein@umassmed.edu

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