Evidence for limited B-lymphopoiesis in adult rabbits

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2119-2127

  Crane, Mary A ^a,b   Kingzette, Mae ^a   Knight, Katherine L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, CIRCULAR; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029980869     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.5.2119     Document Type: Article

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