Rearrangement and expression of immunoglobulin light chain genes can precede heavy chain expression during normal B cell development in mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-87

  Novobrantseva, Tatiana I ^a   Martin, Verena M ^a   Pelanda, Roberta ^a   Müller, Werner ^a   Rajewsky, Klaus ^a   Ehlich, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

B cell development; Bone marrow; Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LEUKOSIALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD43; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0033521627     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.1.75     Document Type: Article

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