B-cell-receptor-dependent positive and negative selection in immature B cells

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 245 II, Issue , 1999, Pages 57-71

  Nemazee, D ^a   Kouskoff, V ^b   Hertz, M ^c   Lang, J ^d   Melamed, D ^e   Pape, K ^b   Retter, M ^f  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c M and E Biotech A/S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^e TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032843419     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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