Frederick Alt, Ph.D.
Charles A. Janeway Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
Professor of Genetics, Boston Children's Hospital
Charles A. Janeway Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics, Harvard Medical School
The Alt laboratory studies mechanisms that maintain genomic stability in mammalian cells. The programmed recombination and hypermutation events in lymphocytes and the general DNA repair mechanisms involved in these processes are a focus. The laboratory also studies mechanisms that promote and prevent oncogenic translocations. Approaches range from molecular genetics and biochemistry to animal models.
Increased frequency of T cell receptor V alpha 12.1 expression on CD8+ T cells: evidence that V alpha participates in shaping the peripheral T cell repertoire.
Complexity of the immunoglobulin light chain V kappa 1 gene family in the New Zealand black mouse.
Authors: Authors: Bailey NC, Kasturi KN, Blackwell TK, Alt FW, Bona CA.
Int Immunol
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Int Immunol
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Structure and expression of human germline VH transcripts.
Authors: Authors: Berman JE, Humphries CG, Barth J, Alt FW, Tucker PW.
J Exp Med
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J Exp Med
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VH gene usage in humans: biased usage of the VH6 gene in immature B lymphoid cells.
Authors: Authors: Berman JE, Nickerson KG, Pollock RR, Barth JE, Schuurman RK, Knowles DM, Chess L, Alt FW.
Eur J Immunol
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Eur J Immunol
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Predominant T cell receptor V gene usage in patients with abnormal clones of B cells.
Authors: Authors: Janson CH, Grunewald J, Osterborg A, DerSimonian H, Brenner MB, Mellstedt H, Wigzell H.
Blood
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Blood
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Correlation between the occurrence of lupus nephritis, anti-erythrocyte autoantibodies and V kappa haplotype in NZB x 129/J and NZB x SM/J recombinant inbred murine strains.
Authors: Authors: Bailey NC, Bona A, Dikman S, Bonilla F, Alt FW, Bona C.
Eur J Immunol
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Eur J Immunol
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Biology of the human gamma delta T-cell receptor.
Structure and expression of canary myc family genes.
DNA recombination in the brain?
Gamma delta T cells in leprosy lesions.
Authors: Authors: Uyemura K, Band H, Ohmen J, Brenner MB, Rea TH, Modlin RL.
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol
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Curr Top Microbiol Immunol
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