OCA-B integrates B cell antigen receptor-, CD40L- and IL 4-mediated signals for the germinal center pathway of B cell development

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 5066-5075

  Qin, Xiao Feng ^a   Reichlin, Amy ^a   Luo, Yan ^a   Roeder, Robert G ^a   Nussenzweig, Michel C ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coactivator; Germinal center; Knockout mice; OCA B (OBF 1, Bob 1); Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 39; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERMINAL CENTER; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CD40 LIGAND; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-ABL; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-6; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032168362     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.17.5066     Document Type: Article

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