The J chain gene is transcribed during B and T lymphopoiesis in humans

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4240-4244

  Bertrand III, Fred E ^a,c   Billips, Linda G ^a,b   Gartland, G Larry ^a   Kubagawa, Hiromi ^a   Schroeder Jr , Harry W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Center for Palliative Care   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FETUS; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J-CHAINS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029889204     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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