Human germinal center B cells express the apoptosis-inducing genes Fas, c-myc, P53, and Bax but not the survival gene bcl-2

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 971-977

  Martinez Valdez, Héctor ^a   Guret, Christiane ^a   De Bouteiller, Odette ^a   Fugier, Isabelle ^a   Banchereau, Jacques ^a   Liu, Yong Jun ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; GLOBOTRIAOSYLCERAMIDE; MYC PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MYC; GENES, P53; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; TONSIL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0029917123     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.3.971     Document Type: Article

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