Loss- and gain-of-function mutations reveal an important role of BSAP (Pax-5) at the start and end of B cell differentiation

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-142

  Morrison, Aline M ^a   Nutt, Stephen L ^a   Thévenin, Claire ^a   Rolink, Antonius ^b   Busslinger, Meinrad ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BSAP; IgH rearrangement; IgH PAX5 translocation; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Pax 5; Pro B cell development

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE MYC; PLASMA CELL;

EID: 0032052378     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1998.0115     Document Type: Article

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