Memory B-cell clones and the diversity of their members

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 229-234

  MacLennan, Ian C M ^a   Casamayor Palleja, Montserrat ^a   Toellner, Kai Michael ^a   Gulbranson Judge, Adam ^a   Gordon, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B cell memory; Cognate T cell : B cell interaction; Germinal centres; Marginal zone; Recirculating B cells; Switch recombination; T zones

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MEMORY CELL; PLASMA CELL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031214173     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1997.0078     Document Type: Article

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