Molecular mechanisms and selective influences that shape the kappa gene repertoire of IgM+ B cells

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1614-1627

  Foster, Sandra J ^a,b   Brezinschek, Hans Peter ^a   Brezinschek, Ruth I ^a   Lipsky, Peter E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antigen; immunoglobulin; light chain; mutation; V(D)J rearrangement

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030985603     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119324     Document Type: Article

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