Constitutive bcl-2 expression during immunoglobulin heavy chain-promoted β cell differentiation expands novel precursor B cells

Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-33

  Young, Faith ^a,d   Mizoguchi, Emiko ^b   Bhan, Atul K ^b   Alt, Frederick W ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030939476     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80239-3     Document Type: Article

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