Inactivation of Btk by insertion of lacZ reveals defects in B cell development only past the pre-B cell stage

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 4862-4872

  Hendriks, Rudolf W ^a,b   De Bruijn, Marella F T R ^a   Maas, Alex ^a,b   Dingjan, Gemma M ^a   Karis, Alar ^a   Grosveld, Frank ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B cell development; Btk; Immunodeficiency; xid; XLA

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; LACTOSE OPERON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 0029792213     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00867.x     Document Type: Article

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