Precursor B cells showing H chain allelic inclusion display allelic exclusion at the level of pre-B cell receptor surface expression

Immunity

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-207

  Ten Boekel, Edwin ^a   Melchers, Fritz ^a   Rolink, Antonius G ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032007002     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80472-0     Document Type: Article

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