Effect of deregulated IL-7 transgene expression on B lymphocyte development in mice expressing mutated pre-B cell receptors

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2797-2807

  Ceredig, Rhodri ^a,b,c,d   Andersson, Jan ^a   Melchers, Fritz ^a   Rolink, Antonius ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c Medical School   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

B cell development; Gene targeted mouse; IL 7 transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; PROMOTER REGION; SPLEEN; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0033393535     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199909)29:09<2797::aid-immu2797>3.0.co;2-8     Document Type: Article

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