Expression level of a transgenic λ2 chain results in isotype exclusion and commitment to B1 cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2289-2299

  Engel, Holger ^a   Bogen, Bjarne ^b   Müller, Urs ^c   Andersson, Jan ^c,d   Rolink, Antonius ^c   Weiss, Siegfried ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2 chain; B cell development; B1 cell; Isotype exclusion; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; IRRADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL;

EID: 0031950056     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199808)28:08<2289::AID-IMMU2289>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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