A Functional B Cell Receptor Transgene Allows Efficient IL-7-Independent Maturation of B Cell Precursors

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1233-1239

  Melamed, Doron ^a   Kench, Jennifer A ^a,b   Grabstein, Kenneth ^c   Rolink, Antonius ^d   Nemazee, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 7; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING COMPETITION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, RAG-1; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL;

EID: 0031201060     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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