Somatically mutated B cell pool provides precursors for insulin antibodies

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 763-771

  Thomas, James W ^a   Hulbert, Chrys ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; INSULIN; INSULIN ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERM LINE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; GENE DELETION; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; INSULIN ANTIBODIES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030015510     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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