Germinal center development

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 156, Issue , 1997, Pages 111-126

  Liu, Yong Jun ^a   Arpin, Christophe ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD38 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEMORY CELL; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TONSIL;

EID: 0030938144     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1997.tb00963.x     Document Type: Review

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