The immunoglobulin (Ig)α and Igβ cytoplasmic domains are independently sufficient to signal B cell maturation and activation in transgenic mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1753-1758

  Teh, Yih Miin ^a   Neuberger, Michael S ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DIMERIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOCONJUGATES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TYROSINE;

EID: 0030914291     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.10.1753     Document Type: Article

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