Expression of recombination activating genes in germinal center B cells: Involvement of interleukin 7 (IL-7) and the IL-7 receptor

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 365-372

  Hikida, Masaki ^a   Nakayama, Yasunori ^a   Yamashita, Yumi ^a   Kumazawa, Yoshio ^b   Nishikawa, Shin Ichi ^c   Ohmori, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germinal center; Interleukin 7; Interleukin 7 receptor; Mature B cells; Recombination activating genes

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GERMINAL CENTER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL CENTER; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031872205     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.2.365     Document Type: Article

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