Expression of a bcl-2 transgene reduces proliferation and slows turnover of developing B lymphocytes in vivo

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2301-2311

  O'Reilly, Lorraine A ^a   Harris, Alan W ^a   Tarlinton, David M ^a   Corcoran, Lynn M ^a   Strasser, Andreas ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CLONAL DELETION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, BCL-2; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; MICE, SCID; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0031230361     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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