Receptor editing and commitment in B lymphocytes

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-213

  Hertz, Marc ^a   Nemazee, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINASE;

APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031956666     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(98)80250-1     Document Type: Article

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