Essential functions of Pax5 (BSAP) in pro-B cell development: Difference between fetal and adult B lymphopoiesis and reduced V-to-DJ recombination at the IgH locus

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 476-491

  Nutt, Stephen L ^a   Urbánek, Pavel ^a   Relink, Antonius ^b   Busslinger, Meinrad ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BSAP target genes; early B cell development; fetal and adult B lymphopoiesis; Pax5 inactivation; V(H)D(H)J(H) rearrangement

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031038031     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.4.476     Document Type: Article

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