Mutations in the human λ5/14.1 Gene result in B cell deficiency and agammaglobulinemia

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-77

  Minegishi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Coustan Smith, Elaine ^a   Wang, Yui Hsi ^b   Cooper, Max D ^b   Campana, Dario ^a,c   Conley, Mary Ellen ^a,c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CD19 ANTIGEN; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; PROLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; PRIMER DNA;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASE PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CELL STRAIN COS1; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COS CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PSEUDOGENES;

EID: 0031594211     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.1.71     Document Type: Article

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