The C(H)1 and transmembrane domains of μ in the context of a γ2b transgene do not suffice to promote B cell maturation

International Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1663-1671

  Shen, Xuejun ^a,b   Bozek, Grazyna ^a   Pinkert, Carl A ^b   Storb, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Bone marrow; Gene rearrangement; mRNA; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; PROTEIN BCL X;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BCL-X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GAMMA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032869811     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.10.1663     Document Type: Article

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