B cells are exquisitely sensitive to central tolerance and receptor editing induced by ultralow affinity, membrane-bound antigen

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1685-1697

  Lang, Julie ^a   Jackson, Michael ^b   Teyton, Luc ^b   Brunmark, Anders ^b   Kane, Kevin ^c   Nemazee, David ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029807629     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.5.1685     Document Type: Article

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