Reduced isotype switching in splenic B cells from mice deficient in mismatch repair enzymes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-330

  Schrader, Carol E ^a   Edelmann, Winfried ^b   Kucherlapati, Raju ^b   Stavnezer, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Class switch recombination; Mlh1; Msh2; Pms2

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN ANTIBODY; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 4; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 5; RECOMBINANT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASE MISPAIRING; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033517129     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.190.3.323     Document Type: Article

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