Characterization of immature B cells by a novel monoclonal antibody, by turnover and by mitogen reactivity

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3738-3748

  Rolink, Antonius G ^a   Andersson, Jan ^a   Melchers, Fritz ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B cell; Differentiation; Maturation

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CD40 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; MITOGENIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; LIFESPAN; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN; TURNOVER TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD40; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED CBA; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 0031738699     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199811)28:11<3738::AID-IMMU3738>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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