A Truncated Heavy Chain Protein Relieves the Requirement for Surrogate Light Chains in Early B Cell Development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1265-1275

  Shaffer, A L ^a   Schlissel, Mark S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SURROGATE LIGHT CHAINS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031203032     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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