In vitro induction of the expression of multiple IgA isotype genes in rabbit B cells by TGF-β and IL-2

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 5380-5388

  Spieker Polet, Helga ^a   Yam, Pi Chen ^a   Arbieva, Zarema ^a,b   Zhai, Shi Kang ^a   Knight, Katherine L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; INTESTINE FLORA; LYMPH NODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SWITCH REGION; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTESTINE, SMALL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMA CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RABBITS; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0033137048     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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