Expansion, Selection and Mutation of Antigen‐Specific B Cells in Germinal Centers

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 47-61

  Leanderson, Tomas ^a   Kallberg, Eva ^a   Gray, David ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENETIC SELECTION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPES; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026848630     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1992.tb00630.x     Document Type: Article

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