Mitogenicity of DNA from Different Organisms for Murine B Cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3119-3125

  Sun, Siquan ^a   Beard, Caroline ^b,c   Jaenisch, Rudolf ^b,c   Jones, Peter ^d   Sprent, Jonathan ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUNGAL DNA; MITOGENIC AGENT; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIVALVE; C57BL MOUSE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MICROCOCCUS; MOUSE; SALMON; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIVALVIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATTLE; CPG ISLANDS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAII; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, FUNGAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROCOCCUS; MITOGENS; SALMON; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031252286     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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