Germinal center founder cells display propensity for apoptosis before onset of somatic mutation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 563-571

  Lebecque, Serge ^a   De Bouteiller, Odette ^a   Arpin, Christophe ^a   Banchereau, Jacques ^a   Liu, Yong Jun ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD38 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTE MEMBRANE IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; TONSIL;

ADP-RIBOSYL CYCLASE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD38; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES;

EID: 0031041644     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.3.563     Document Type: Article

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