Expression of Bright at two distinct stages of B lymphocyte development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4747-4754

  Webb, Carol F ^a,b,c   Smith, Elizabeth A ^a   Medina, Kay L ^a   Buchanan, Kent L ^b   Smithson, Glennda ^a   Dou, Shenshen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOBLAST; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPLEEN CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ONCOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032524953     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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