Normal human IgD+IgM- germinal center B cells can express up to 80 mutations in the variable region of their IgD transcripts

Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 603-613

  Liu, Yong Jun ^a   De Bouteiller, Odette ^a   Arpin, Christophe ^a   Brière, Francine ^a   Galibert, Laurent ^a   Ho, Stephen ^a   Martinez Valdez, Hector ^a   Banchereau, Jacques ^a   Lebecque, Serge ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN D;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 0030176190     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80486-0     Document Type: Article

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