The roles of preB and B cell receptors in the stepwise allelic exclusion of mouse IgH and L chain gene loci

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 307-317

  Melchers, Fritz ^a   Ten Boekel, Edwin ^b   Yamagami, Tamotsu ^b   Andersson, Jan ^b   Rolink, Antonius ^b  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allelic exclusion; H and L; Non pairing IgH and L chains; Pairing; preBCR and BCR; RAG expression; L chain gene loci

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW;

EID: 0033215223     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1999.0187     Document Type: Article

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