Overexpression of BSAP/Pax-5 inhibits switching to IgA and enhances switching to IgE in the I.29μ B cell line

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2906-2918

  Qiu, Gang ^a   Stavnezer, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NICOTINAMIDE; RNA; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALPHA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN EPSILON-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032530747     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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